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| Hugh Grant wins damages from Mirror in phone-hacking case | Hugh Grant wins damages from Mirror in phone-hacking case |
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| Lawyer says actor donated what is believed to be six-figure sum to campaign group Hacked Off | Lawyer says actor donated what is believed to be six-figure sum to campaign group Hacked Off |
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| Mon 5 Feb 2018 11.36 GMT | Mon 5 Feb 2018 11.36 GMT |
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| The publisher of the Daily Mirror has paid Hugh Grant what is understood to be a six-figure sum in damages to settle his claim against it for phone hacking. | The publisher of the Daily Mirror has paid Hugh Grant what is understood to be a six-figure sum in damages to settle his claim against it for phone hacking. |
| The actor was at the high court in London to hear his lawyer give details of the settlement at a hearing before Mr Justice Mann. | The actor was at the high court in London to hear his lawyer give details of the settlement at a hearing before Mr Justice Mann. |
| Speaking outside court after the hearing, Grant said: “This case was not just about what they did to my phone and those close to me … This litigation has made clear that phone hacking and other unlawful information-gathering took place on an industrial scale at the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People. | Speaking outside court after the hearing, Grant said: “This case was not just about what they did to my phone and those close to me … This litigation has made clear that phone hacking and other unlawful information-gathering took place on an industrial scale at the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People. |
| “This newspaper group has misled the public and its shareholders for many years, and it has let down its readers and its hard-working journalists. The public were not told the truth, the victims were not told the truth, the shareholders were not told the truth and the Leveson inquiry was not told the truth. That is why the second part of the Leveson inquiry must take place – to get to the truth and discover who broke the law and who lied about it.” | “This newspaper group has misled the public and its shareholders for many years, and it has let down its readers and its hard-working journalists. The public were not told the truth, the victims were not told the truth, the shareholders were not told the truth and the Leveson inquiry was not told the truth. That is why the second part of the Leveson inquiry must take place – to get to the truth and discover who broke the law and who lied about it.” |
| Anjlee Saigol, of Taylor Hampton Solicitors, who represented Grant, told the judge: “Mr Grant brought this action in relation to alleged illegal misuses of his private information, obtained by hacking into his voicemails, as well as blagging and surveillance, committed by MGN’s journalists at all three of its newspapers over, as MGN now accepts, many years. | Anjlee Saigol, of Taylor Hampton Solicitors, who represented Grant, told the judge: “Mr Grant brought this action in relation to alleged illegal misuses of his private information, obtained by hacking into his voicemails, as well as blagging and surveillance, committed by MGN’s journalists at all three of its newspapers over, as MGN now accepts, many years. |
| “Although Mr Grant now has some clarity as to the extent of MGN’s unlawful activities in relation to him, one of his principal reasons for pursuing this case was to uncover and establish the wider truth about MGN’s investigations into and knowledge of its unlawful activities before it finally admitted these practices in September 2014.” | “Although Mr Grant now has some clarity as to the extent of MGN’s unlawful activities in relation to him, one of his principal reasons for pursuing this case was to uncover and establish the wider truth about MGN’s investigations into and knowledge of its unlawful activities before it finally admitted these practices in September 2014.” |
| A statement agreed by both parties, read out by Saigol in court, outlined that Mirror Group Newspapers admitted its senior journalists had “encouraged or actively turned a blind eye to the widespread culture of unlawful information gathering activities” at its newspapers. | A statement agreed by both parties, read out by Saigol in court, outlined that Mirror Group Newspapers admitted its senior journalists had “encouraged or actively turned a blind eye to the widespread culture of unlawful information gathering activities” at its newspapers. |
| “MGN admits that its repeated and prolonged intrusions into innocent people’s lives over, in some instances, a decade, could have been prevented or interrupted,” she added. | “MGN admits that its repeated and prolonged intrusions into innocent people’s lives over, in some instances, a decade, could have been prevented or interrupted,” she added. |
| Alex Wilson, for Mirror Group Newspapers, said: “MGN accepts that the unlawful interception of voicemail messages and procurement of private information about the claimant and others should never have happened. MGN acknowledges that was morally wrong and deeply regrets the wrongful acts of its former employees which caused damage and distress to those affected.” | Alex Wilson, for Mirror Group Newspapers, said: “MGN accepts that the unlawful interception of voicemail messages and procurement of private information about the claimant and others should never have happened. MGN acknowledges that was morally wrong and deeply regrets the wrongful acts of its former employees which caused damage and distress to those affected.” |
| Saigol said Grant had donated the money he had received to Hacked Off, the campaign group that has fought tabloid newspapers over their use of phone hacking. | Saigol said Grant had donated the money he had received to Hacked Off, the campaign group that has fought tabloid newspapers over their use of phone hacking. |
| The judge also heard details of settlements against Mirror Group Newspapers by the actor Ralf Little and Rupert Lowe, who was the executive chairman and joint managing director of Southampton football club between 1999 and 2006. Both men received undisclosed damages payouts and apologies from MGN. | The judge also heard details of settlements against Mirror Group Newspapers by the actor Ralf Little and Rupert Lowe, who was the executive chairman and joint managing director of Southampton football club between 1999 and 2006. Both men received undisclosed damages payouts and apologies from MGN. |
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