Prince Harry among the contenders said to limit the legal costs against the Daily Mail publishers to £ 4m

Prince Harry has been told that he and other applicants should not spend more than £ 4.1m on legal measures against the Daily Mail publishers – about £ 14m less than they proposed.

Duke Sussex is among a group of people – including Barons Dorn Lawrence, Sir Elton John and his wife David Fortish, actor Sadi Frost and Liz Hurley and politician Sir Simon Hughes – who take legal action against related newspapers (ANL. ) More than misuse of private information.

ANL decisively denies these claims and defends legal action.

The two sides had proposed to spend more than £ 38.8 million in legal claims, while claimants suggested about £ 18.7 million.

But Judge Cook said that he and Mr. Justice Nickell “had little problem that concluded that such sums were clearly too much and therefore inappropriate.”

On Friday, two Supreme Court judges ruled that applicants could spend about £ 4.1 million and an Anl about £ 4.5m instead.

Anl, who completely denies the claims, had previously told the court that the allegations — Anl, who completely denied claims, had previously told the court that the allegations were “faded” and “simply evil. (PA archive)

“Cost management is not to reduce costs to the minimum irreversible, but to determine reasonable parameters,” Judge Cook said.

Duke Sasks has accused the publisher of claiming to have done illegal activities, including hiring private researchers to listening devices into the car, recording private telephone conversations “private records” and even thieves for ordering.

Anl, who completely denied claims, had previously told the court that the allegations were “faded” and “simply evil.

During a November proceeding last November, Mr Adalat Nicolen said his “goal” is the progress of the trial claim, which he said could begin on January 14, 2026. He said that “the projected length of the court will be 45 days.”

Duke has accused the publisher that it is said to have done illegal activities, (Copyright 2024 Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Judge Cook said in a 10 -page sentence that the legal claims were “really simple” and wrote: “The claimants will either succeed or fail to show this proposition. It will be.

“If the claimant succeeds, the solution to the solution will be raised and the law is clear.”

Judge Cook continued: “This means lowering the complexity of real issues that may occur in the proceedings, but also puts these claims within the framework of the types of petitions that reach the courts.

“The fact that these claimants are quite famous and the above petition does not affect the issues that need to be resolved.”

The ruling days after Prince Harry settle his legal action against the publishers of the Sun newspaper, receiving an eight -digit settlement and “complete and undeniable apology” to infiltrate his private life.

Duke Sasks settled his claim against newspapers newspapers, which presented a complete and unstable apology (Jordan Petit/PA) — Duke Sasks settled his claim against news group newspapers, which presented a complete and unstable apology (Jordan Petit/PA) (PA archive)

Duke and Lord Tom Watson, the former deputy of the job, had taken legal action against the publisher on the allegations of collecting illegal information.

This is described as a “memorial victory” for Prince Harry against the British press and then reached a separate victory over publishers behind the mirror in 2023.