{
  "id": 2579007,
  "title": "Harry and others to pay Mail £9.5m in first costs bill after failed legal case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/harry-and-others-to-pay-mail-9-5m-in-first-costs-bill-after-failed",
  "topic": null,
  "section": null,
  "published": "2026-08-21T13:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Discovered",
    "slug": "discovered",
    "url": "https://dissexpress.co.uk/national/harry-and-others-to-pay-mail-9-5m-in-first-costs-bill-after-failed-legal-case-170818"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Harry and seven other prominent figures, including Baroness Doreen Lawrence and Sir Elton John, are required to pay £9.5 million in initial legal costs to the Daily Mail's publisher after losing their High Court claims, according to a judgment made on July 7. The claims, which were described as \"speculative and substantially inferential,\" were brought over allegations of unlawful information-gathering. The judge, Mr Justice Nicklin, ruled that Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), the Daily Mail's publisher, could recover more favorable costs on an indemnity basis. ANL's total costs exceeded £34 million, which is more than the insurance cover of the group's insurance of £16.2 million.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}