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| Phone hacking: John Prescott, Ashley Cole and Jude Law get payouts | Phone hacking: John Prescott, Ashley Cole and Jude Law get payouts |
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| Ex-Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott and actor Jude Law are among 19 people to receive payouts over the News of the World phone-hacking affair. | Ex-Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott and actor Jude Law are among 19 people to receive payouts over the News of the World phone-hacking affair. |
| Footballer Ashley Cole and Labour MP Chris Bryant also reached settlements, the High Court heard. | Footballer Ashley Cole and Labour MP Chris Bryant also reached settlements, the High Court heard. |
| Most people pursuing damages from the paper's publisher News International had now settled, lawyers said. | |
| Celebrity Abi Titmuss, TV's Ulrika Jonsson and ex-army officer James Hewitt have already received damages. | Celebrity Abi Titmuss, TV's Ulrika Jonsson and ex-army officer James Hewitt have already received damages. |
| The sums involved in the latest settlements have yet to be revealed. | |
| BBC legal correspondent Clive Coleman said they could range from £6,000 to more than £100,000, depending on the level of intrusion and how many articles were published. | |
| Some commentators were viewing the latest settlements as News International "waving the white flag", our correspondent said. | |
| There did not seem to be a huge appetite on News International's part to put journalists and editors in the witness box, he added. | |
| Mark Thomson, of Atkins Thomson, told Thursday's hearing that other claimants had not settled and would press ahead with a trial scheduled for next month. | |
| "All of the claimants have been extremely brave to take on and succeed against a massive and influential multinational media organisation." |