Various Claimants V Associated Newspapers Limited – Trial concludes

Thomson Heath Jenkins & Associates has been engaged in proceedings before the High Court, representing Baroness Doreen Lawrence of Clarendon OBE, Elizabeth Hurley, Sir Simon Hughes, Sir Elton John, and David Furnish in their claims against Associated Newspapers Limited, the publisher of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday. The case forms part of a wider High Court action also involving the Duke of Sussex and Sadie Frost.

The case has attracted extensive national media attention, with the trial concluding after eleven weeks.

BBC News article: Harry says he was made ‘paranoid’ by Daily Mail publisher’s ‘unlawful’ actions

BBC News article: Liz Hurley says microphones put on windows, privacy trial hears

BBC News article: Ex-Lib Dem MP ‘distressed’ by Mail publisher’s ‘unlawful’ acts, court hears

Guardian article: David Furnish calls alleged phone hacks of him and Elton John ‘an abomination’

Guardian article: Elton John accuses Daily Mail publisher of ‘abhorrent’ invasion of privacy

BBC News article: Daily Mail made me feel like a victim again, Baroness Lawrence tells court

Reuters article: Ruling in Prince Harry case against Daily Mail will take some time, UK judge says

The Claimants’ written closing submissions are available at the following link.

Mark Thomson, Niamh McArdle, Moritz Schirmeister, Yinka McKay Wood, Olivia Biggin, Jenson Davenport, and Lily Iqbal at THJ have been working on this case.