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20/04/2012
Almost 50 New Phone Hacking Claims Made Against NOTW
News International is facing almost 50 new claims over phone hacking.
The high court has heard that nearly 50 new civil claims for damages have been made against the News of the World over alleged phone hacking.
Some of the new claims include Sir John Major’s ormer daughter-in-law Emma Noble, Conservative cabinet minister and chief whip Lord Blencathra and former Fire Brigades Union general secretary Andy Gilchrist.
At a case management conference at the high court in London Hugh Tomlinson, QC, representing victims of alleged phone hacking, told Mr Justice Vos that he had 44 new cases filed while two others had submitted their claims via another legal representative.
Up to 200 new claims are expected to be filed in the coming months, Vos told the court in a previous hearing.
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The high court has heard that nearly 50 new civil claims for damages have been made against the News of the World over alleged phone hacking.
Some of the new claims include Sir John Major’s ormer daughter-in-law Emma Noble, Conservative cabinet minister and chief whip Lord Blencathra and former Fire Brigades Union general secretary Andy Gilchrist.
At a case management conference at the high court in London Hugh Tomlinson, QC, representing victims of alleged phone hacking, told Mr Justice Vos that he had 44 new cases filed while two others had submitted their claims via another legal representative.
Up to 200 new claims are expected to be filed in the coming months, Vos told the court in a previous hearing.
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