Headache for legal team as Harry skips first day of phone-hacking trial

  • 📰 GuardianAus
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 30 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 15%
  • Publisher: 98%

Law Law Headlines News

Law Law Latest News,Law Law Headlines

Judge in case against Mirror Group Newspapers ‘a little surprised’ at prince’s non-appearance

Prince Harry’s no-show at the high court on Monday caused a headache for his legal team, who were left to explain he had chosen to stay in Los Angeles for his daughter’s second birthday party.Newspapers

When the Mirror’s legal team indicated they would speed through their opening arguments, Harry’s team admitted their client would not be ready in time – to the obvious annoyance of the judge, who said he was “a little surprised”.Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA David Sherborne, Harry’s barrister, told the court his client had only left California on a Sunday night flight, having decided to prioritise attending the celebration for Princess Lilibet.

. Such stories were often dismissed as historical curios of a past era of tabloid excess and received only limited coverage.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 1. in LAW

Law Law Latest News, Law Law Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

‘Verbal brawl’: Showdown predicted at Prince Harry’s court caseRoyal commentator Kinsey Schofield predicts a 'verbal brawl' to occur when Prince Harry takes the stand in his court case, with lawyers expected to tear into his credibility. 'Already the representative for the Mirror Group [Newspapers] has brought up Harry's past drug use, has accused him of fabricating evidence, I think he's going to get in Harry's face,' she said. 'I think there's going to be a verbal brawl – because Harry is very aggressive and from what we know this representative ... is already tearing into Harry's credibility.'
Source: SkyNewsAust - 🏆 7. / 78 Read more »

Prince Harry a no-show on first day of court showdown with British tabloid publisherPrince Harry has been accused of wasting the High Court's time after he failed to turn up on the first day of his phone hacking trial. CGreenbank9 9News MORE:
Source: 9NewsAUS - 🏆 10. / 72 Read more »

Prince Harry a no-show on first day of court showdown with British tabloid publisherHarry's highly anticipated showdown with the publisher of the Daily Mirror in his battles with the British press was anticlimactic when the star of the show failed to turn up — to the chagrin of the judge and defence lawyer. 9News
Source: 9NewsAUS - 🏆 10. / 72 Read more »

Prince Harry accused of ‘wasting time’ delaying court appearancePrince Harry has been accused of wasting time after he failed to appear for the first day of his court case against The Daily Mirror – because he was attending his daughter’s birthday. The judge said he was surprised the Duke of Sussex was not available to start giving evidence over allegations of hacking. His legal team set out their case which included claims the Mirror hacked Princess Diana and Michael Barrymore's phones to reveal a secret meeting between the pair in the months before her death.
Source: SkyNewsAust - 🏆 7. / 78 Read more »

Daily Mirror hacked Diana’s phone during friendship with Michael Barrymore, court hearsLawyer suggests then-editor, Piers Morgan, was disingenuous when he later wrote that he had ‘heard rumours’ about friendship
Source: GuardianAus - 🏆 1. / 98 Read more »