Jaw-dropping allegations, extraordinary U-turns, talk of plots, plenty of tears and an alleged meeting on a roundabout. For the past 10 weeks, lawyers in court 76 at the Royal Courts of Justice have delved into claims of alleged unlawful information-gathering at the Mail titles.
Prince Harry, Elton John and his husband, David Furnish, the actors Sadie Frost and Elizabeth Hurley, the campaigner Doreen Lawrence and the former politician Simon Hughes have brought the case against Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL), publisher of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday. Allegations go way beyond phone hacking and include landline tapping and the bugging celebrity houses.
