Prince Harry and others ordered to pay initial US$13 million in failed lawsuit
Prince Harry, Elton John and other high-profile claimants face paying millions of dollars out of their own pockets to cover the legal costs of the Daily Mail’s publisher after a judge ruled their failed privacy lawsuits were conducted in an unreasonable way. Judge Matthew Nicklin’s judgment on costs, which was published on Friday, also ordered an interim payment from the claimants of £9.54…
According to the judgment delivered by Judge Matthew Nicklin on Friday, high-profile individuals, including Prince Harry and Elton John, face the prospect of paying US$13 million (UK£9.54 million) towards the legal costs of Associated Newspapers. This order was made after Judge Nicklin rejected the failed privacy lawsuits filed by the claimants, criticizing their unreasonable conduct.
The judgment also stated that the losing party must pay on an "indemnity basis," meaning they must cover the costs without the publisher needing to prove the allegations were reasonable. Judge Nicklin was highly critical of the claimants' case, describing the allegations as "speculative and inferential" and finding that they took the case well outside the norm.
Associated Newspapers' lawyer Antony White had argued that the claimants made wide-ranging and serious allegations without supporting evidence, adding to their costs. The claimants' lawyer Nicholas Bacon had submitted that Associated's £34.5 million legal bill was "eye-watering," far exceeding an agreed budget.
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