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| Rebekah Vardy agrees to pay £1.2m of Coleen Rooney's legal costs | Rebekah Vardy agrees to pay £1.2m of Coleen Rooney's legal costs |
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| The high-profile libel battle between Coleen Rooney (left) and Rebekah Vardy was dubbed as the case of Wagatha Christie | The high-profile libel battle between Coleen Rooney (left) and Rebekah Vardy was dubbed as the case of Wagatha Christie |
| Rebekah Vardy has agreed to pay almost £1.2m of Coleen Rooney's legal costs following their libel battle, a judge has been told. | |
| Mrs Rooney ran up a legal bill totalling more than £1.8 million while successfully defending herself against Mrs Vardy's High Court claim in 2022, a specialist costs court previously heard. | Mrs Rooney ran up a legal bill totalling more than £1.8 million while successfully defending herself against Mrs Vardy's High Court claim in 2022, a specialist costs court previously heard. |
| After Mrs Vardy lost the libel case, the judge ordered her to pay 90% of Mrs Rooney's costs, approximately £1.62 million. | |
| Now, in written submissions to a hearing on Tuesday, Mrs Vardy's barrister, Juliet Wells, said Mrs Rooney's total legal bill of £1,833,906.89 "has now been settled at £1,190,000, being [approximately] £1,125,000 plus interest of [approximately] £65.000". | Now, in written submissions to a hearing on Tuesday, Mrs Vardy's barrister, Juliet Wells, said Mrs Rooney's total legal bill of £1,833,906.89 "has now been settled at £1,190,000, being [approximately] £1,125,000 plus interest of [approximately] £65.000". |
| There are still some costs to be ironed out at the hearing but judge Mark Whalan said he was "pleased" that the two sides had come to an agreement after a "hard-fought" battle. | |
| Ms Wells added that Mrs Rooney is now claiming what the lawyer called "assessment costs" of more than £300,000 that were "grossly disproportionate". | Ms Wells added that Mrs Rooney is now claiming what the lawyer called "assessment costs" of more than £300,000 that were "grossly disproportionate". |
| She recommended they should be capped at "no more than £100,000". | She recommended they should be capped at "no more than £100,000". |
| In written submissions, Ms Wells said that Mrs Rooney's original £1.8m legal bill was "substandard" and included costs "of briefing the press" and others to which she had "no entitlement". | In written submissions, Ms Wells said that Mrs Rooney's original £1.8m legal bill was "substandard" and included costs "of briefing the press" and others to which she had "no entitlement". |
| But lawyers for Mrs Rooney said in their written submissions that Mrs Vardy was "the author of her own misfortune" and that she should "reflect upon her approach". | But lawyers for Mrs Rooney said in their written submissions that Mrs Vardy was "the author of her own misfortune" and that she should "reflect upon her approach". |
| Judge Whalan added that he was "pleased" that the two sides had come to a "commercial accommodation". | Judge Whalan added that he was "pleased" that the two sides had come to a "commercial accommodation". |
| Mrs Rooney is the wife of ex-England footballer Wayne Rooney while Mrs Vardy is married to his former teammate Jamie Vardy, though both women are now celebrities and TV personalities in their own right. | Mrs Rooney is the wife of ex-England footballer Wayne Rooney while Mrs Vardy is married to his former teammate Jamie Vardy, though both women are now celebrities and TV personalities in their own right. |