Britain's phone hacking scandal began at News of the World and later was found to have been widespread at other papers. The ruling given Thursday was similar to one Fancourt made in May in a case by actor Hugh Grant that also tossed out phone hacking allegations. Harry's lawyer argued that the agreement called for a settlement and an apology to be worked out after litigation in other phone hacking cases was resolved in the courts. He testified in a separate phone hacking lawsuit against the publishers of the Daily Mirror, in which he is seeking $563,000. Fancourt also presided in that case, the first of Harry's three unlawful information gathering cases against British tabloid publishers to go to trial.

Source: Daily Sun July 27, 2023 18:11 UTC