The trial of the High Court legal action being brought by the Duke of Sussex and six other household names against the Daily Mail’s publisher will start in the new year.
The group – which includes Sir Elton John, his husband David Furnish and campaigner Baroness Doreen Lawrence – allege that Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) carried out or commissioned unlawful activities such as hiring private investigators to place listening devices inside cars, “blagging” private records and accessing private phone conversations.
