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CFAs and the legal costs of the Phone Hacking Litigation (Various Claimants v News Group Newspapers)

Published on: 20 July 2023

Table of contents

  • What are the practical implications of this case?
  • What was the background?
  • What did the court decide?
  • Hourly rates
  • Recoverability of success fees
  • Level of success fees—solicitors and barristers
  • Case details

Article summary

Dispute Resolution analysis: A decision of Senior Costs Judge Rowley (the ‘Judge’) in the ongoing phone hacking litigation against Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World and the Sun, known more formally as the Mobile Telephone Voicemail Interception Litigation (MTVIL).The decision will be of general interest as the Judge provides a useful summary of the procedural history to this litigation, the factual aspects of which get significant press attention. The case also considered proportionality issues in costs assessments and issues concerning the recoverability of success fees under a CFA where transitional provisions continue to apply. Written by Lauren Godfrey, barrister at Gatehouse Chambers.

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