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The allegations against Daily Mail’s parent company Associated Newspapers The Guardian says Seven prominent individuals have brought legal claims alleging widespread illegal behaviour by individuals working for the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday between 1993 and 2018. The Mail’s parent company strongly denies all the allegations and is seeking to stop the cases going to trial, arguing the individuals have waited too long to start legal proceedings and are relying on material provided by the Mail on a confidential basis to the Leveson inquiry into the British media industry. On Monday night, a spokesperson for Associated Newspapers said…

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Daily Mail parent company invokes Human Rights Act to stop naming of journalists The Guardian says The Daily Mail’s parent company has successfully invoked the Human Rights Act to stop other media outlets naming its journalists in a phone hacking court case. Prince Harry and a group of other prominent individuals are bringing cases alleging widespread illegal behaviour by reporters at Associated Newspapers. In their claims they name 73 journalists and editorial executives who have worked at the Daily Mail and its sister titles over several decades. Lawyers working for the Daily Mail said publishing the names would breach the…

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Doreen Lawrence claims Daily Mail hired investigators to hack her phone The Guardian says Doreen Lawrence has claimed the Daily Mail hired private investigators to hack her phone and obtain information on her murdered son, potentially disrupting the police investigation into the racially motivated killing. Lady Lawrence now believes she “failed her murdered son” by trusting the Daily Mail during the 1990s, claiming the news outlet only campaigned for justice on behalf of Stephen Lawrence in a cynical bid to sell more newspapers. The allegations were set out in detailed documents released during an extraordinary hearing at the high court.…

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Daily Mail publisher asks High Court to strike out Prince Harry hacking lawsuit FT News says Associated Newspapers on Monday asked London’s High Court to strike out a lawsuit brought by several parties including Prince Harry who allege they were victims of “unlawful information-gathering activities” by the media group. The prince, who unexpectedly attended the pre-trial hearing, is among seven claimants, including musician Sir Elton John, actors Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost, who are suing the Daily Mail publisher. The claimants said they were victims of “numerous unlawful acts” carried out by the publisher “or by those acting on the…

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