The trial of several claims for phone hacking and related unlawful information gathering against MGN Ltd, the publisher of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and People newspapers, is set to begin tomorrow at the Rolls Building.
Four “representative” cases selected in March form part of the trial, these being the claims brought by the Duke of Sussex, Nikki Sanderson, Fiona Wightman and Michael Turner.
The trial, before Mr Justice Fancourt, is expected to last for up to seven weeks.
5RB’s David Sherborne and Julian Santos appear for the Claimants, instructed by Thomson Heath & Associates as lead solicitors and Clintons, Charles Russell Speechlys and Taylor Hampton for the individual Claimants. 5RB’s Richard Munden appears for the Defendant, instructed by RPC.