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LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) – Prince Harry, Elton John and five other celebrities are suing the publisher of the Daily Mail over allegations of wiretapping and other privacy breaches.
London to work on Monday Ali Some details of the case and Britain here is the background of the allegations against the press.
WHAT IS THE WORK ABOUT?
Claimants claim that Britain’s largest newspaper one of its publishers, Associated Newspapers, which includes the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday 1993-2018is responsible for illegal data collection for 25 years between
The plaintiffs’ attorneys say Associated Newspapers commissioned private investigators to illegally obtain information about the plaintiffs and “even order breaking and entering of private property.” The publisher strongly denies the allegations.
Harry said in his written lawsuit that he views Associated Newspapers’ alleged behavior as “a betrayal of promises made by the media to improve their behavior following the tragic and untimely death of his mother, Princess Diana, in 1997.”
One of the most prominent plaintiffs is Doreen Lawrence, the mother of Stephen Lawrence, a black teenager who was murdered in a racist attack in 1993. The Mail has advocated for her son’s killers to be brought to justice and previously said the allegations against her were “horrendous and completely unfounded smears”.
Lawrence says she feels “deeply betrayed” by allegations that her writing was targeted.
John and her husband David Furnish claim in their written work that they are a special one on behalf of the publisher inspector were targeted by, “including wiretapping the landline of their home in Windsor”.
“Associated Newspapers”, which has not yet submitted a written defense to the claims, released a statement and said it categorically rejected the claims.
WHAT IS THIS WEEK’S HEARING ABOUT?
“Associated Newspapers” on the grounds that the cases were brought too late, them cancellation trying to do.
The seven plaintiffs are said to have been made aware of allegations of illegal data collection several years ago, which has led to years of litigation against press standards and various publishers. court led to a year-long public inquiry into their feud.
Associated Newspapers argues that the plaintiffs should have known they could sue more than six years ago, meaning the cases should be thrown out of court.
In Harry’s case, lawyers for Associated Newspapers allege the prince knew the royal family’s phones had been hacked and referred to a 2011 memoir called “Backup” that referred to the closure of the News of the World.
The plaintiffs’ attorneys said the alleged illegal data collection had been deliberately concealed by Associated Newspapers for years, and they did not discover until recently that they could file a lawsuit.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE PRESS?
Regarding allegations of illegal data collection court their quarrel has been going on for years.
The vast majority of the claims are against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), publisher of the Daily Mirror, and Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers (NGN), publisher of the now defunct News of the World and the Sun.
In May of Harry’s privacy claims filed against MGN at the same time as a similar lawsuit against NGN in 2019 Ali He is expected to testify in court. MGN is fighting Harry’s case, if it goes ahead and is not settled without a hearing, it will be only the second ‘phone hacking’ trial.
John and Furnish, as well as actor Liz Hurley against MGN and NGN in recent years court raised and resolved their claims.
But the lawsuits mark the first time Associated Newspapers has been drawn into a series of hundreds of settlements in cases against MGN and NGN — which have always denied any responsibility for the Sun.
The claims made by Lawrence, whose fight for justice has long been supported by the Daily Mail, will be the most concerning to the publisher, which said it had “campaigned tirelessly for 25 years to get justice for Stephen Lawrence” when the allegations were announced in October. .
Associated Newspapers said at the time that it had “the greatest respect and admiration” for Lawrence. The publisher added that it was unfortunate that “whoever maliciously and dishonestly concocted these claims” convinced him to believe the claims.
Reporting by Sam Tobin and Michael Holden; Edited by Alison Williams
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2023-03-27 21:09:44
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