Daily Mail accusers induced to sue on basis of disowned claims, court told
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“Public figures such as Doreen Lawrence and Elton John were 'induced' to sue the Daily Mail’s publisher on the basis of a private investigator’s now disowned claims of illegal activity”
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“Seven people including Prince Harry have accused Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL) of using unlawful information gathering to obtain stories”
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— Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (; born Rachel Meghan Markle, August 4, 1981), is an American member of the British royal family, media personality, entrepreneur, and actress. She is married to Prince Harry…
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— Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (Henry Charles Albert David; born 15 September 1984) is a member of the British royal family. He is the younger son of King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales, and i…
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— The Savoy Hotel is a luxury hotel located in the Strand in the City of Westminster in central London, England. Built by the impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte with profits from his Gilbert and Sullivan o…
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“Gavin Burrows, a private investigator, has since said a witness statement containing claims of phone hacking, tapping and bugging was forged”
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“ANL’s legal team said the Burrows statement – and other disputed claims made by him – were used to recruit prominent figures to the case”
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“Lawrence had been persuaded to join the case after the Daily Mail’s long campaign for justice for her son Stephen, who was murdered in 1993 in a racist attack”
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— Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the second-largest coun…
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— Stephen Adrian Lawrence (13 September 1974 – 22 April 1993) was an 18-year-old black British student from Woolwich, southeast London, England who was murdered in a racially motivated attack while wait…
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— Paul Michael Dacre (; born 14 November 1948) is an English journalist and the former long-serving editor of the British tabloid the Daily Mail. He is also editor-in-chief of DMG Media, which publishes…
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“Burrows previously told the court that Lawrence had been 'conned' by researchers now working for the claimants’ legal team”
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“Burrows only made his forgery claims after a huge falling out with Graham Johnson, a researcher for the claimants’ legal team”
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“The claimants’ legal team have also focused on claims of alleged 'blagging', including of detailed medical information about the actor Sadie Frost and flight information about one of Prince Harry’s former girlfriends”
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— Imogen Annie Lloyd Webber (born 31 March 1977) is a British broadcaster, author and marketing & communications executive. She is the daughter of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and his first wife, Sarah…
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— Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (Henry Charles Albert David; born 15 September 1984) is a member of the British royal family. He is the younger son of King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales, and i…
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— Star Stories is a British television comedy programme that takes a satirical look at celebrities and their lives. It was first shown on Channel 4 on 15 September 2006 and aired its final series in 200…
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“White said claims against ANL of unlawful information gathering had been long in the planning by the campaign group Hacked Off”
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“ANL executives said there had been no hacking and that the use of private investigators had stopped in 2007”
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“White said researchers targeted 'national treasures' who might gain public sympathy”
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“White said there were no documents to support the disputed Burrows confessions”
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“White said ANL either had not used private investigators in relation to the articles cited in the case, or that they had been used legally to obtain telephone numbers and addresses”
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