Prince Harry and others ordered to pay interim £9.5m to Daily Mail publisher
Judge orders payment within seven days towards legal costs in failed case over alleged unlawful information gathering
TL;DR
- Prince Harry and six other claimants must pay an interim £9.54m towards Associated Newspapers Ltd's legal costs.
- The payment is due within seven days.
- A judge dismissed all claims related to unlawful information gathering after an 11-week trial.
- The judge ruled the claimants' conduct was unreasonable to a high degree, justifying costs on an indemnity basis.
- Associated Newspapers Ltd stated the ruling was a "devastating critique" of the claimants' actions.