Cherie Booth launches legal action against NoW phone-hacker
Matrix Chambers founder Cherie Booth QC is suing private investigator Glenn Mulcaire and News Group Newspapers.
Cherie Booth QC
The lawsuit against Mulcaire was filed in the Chancery Division of the High Court yesterday (22 February 2012).
Mulcaire was jailed in 2007 - the year Booth’s husband Tony Blair stood down as UK Prime Minister - for hacking into phone messages for the now-defunct News of the World (NoW), which was owned by News Group Newspapers,
Payne Hicks Beach partner Sarah Webb, who has acted for Mulcaire in the past, said that she had only just heard about the action, but that she expects to be defending Mulcaire.
Likewise, Olswang partner Dan Tench has been tasked with defending News Group Newspapers on actions relating to the fall-out from the NoW phone hacking, but could provide no comment on this latest action.
Matrix Chambers did not respond in time to comment.
Readers' comments (2)
val | 23-Feb-2012 11:42 pm
when I were a lad, if you wanted to sue somebody for damages, you had to prove damage, like, you know, actual loss. Apart from annoyance, dented pride, perhaps distaste at being mentioned in NotW, what damage have people like Cherie Blair, Steve Coogan et al suffered
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Vusumuzi O Sibanda | 24-Feb-2012 11:01 am
Guess the taste of the pudding............ Unless one has been there one cannot be expected to know nor understand how it is. Or are we suggesting Cherie and Steve have or should have thicker skin?
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