Sentences with phrase «alleged phone hacking»

High court hears claim made on behalf of 17 people suing publisher of the News of the World and Sun over alleged phone hacking

Acting on behalf of 17 people suing the publisher of the now - defunct News of the World and the Sun over alleged phone hacking, David Sherborne claimed on Monday there were documents, emails and meeting agendas that showed senior executives including Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks pursued an email deletion policy that removed «emails that could be unhelpful in future litigation in which News International could be a defendant».

The second part of the Leveson inquiry, looking into the relationship between journalists and the police, was supposed to take place at the conclusion of court cases involving alleged phone hacking and inappropriate payments to public officials.

His decision to back the recommendations in the Leveson report and his push for action over alleged phone hacking at News International has failed to ingratiate him with many newspapers.

Not exact matches

The newspaper is closing down amid an expanding police investigation of phone hacking into missing girls and grieving families as well as celebrities, and the alleged press bribery of police officers for information.

Whatever the reason, the news will come as a further blow to Mr Murdoch, who has watched his global media empire come under attack on several fronts since the scandal over alleged phone - hacking at the News of the World hit the front pages.

What does he know of alleged phone - hacking victims on American soil?

Many times I have had the opposition trying to teach me how to count, one raised middle finger at a time, they have torn down our posters, engaged in dirty tricks, hacked into our web sites, had the phones turned off, and sent out mailings alleging evrything from sex with animals to blaming each other for every heinious crime ever committed in the city.

In July 2011, Rupert Murdoch alleged in interview with The Wall Street Journal that H&L made «a major mistake» in its part in an internal investigation into phone - hacking at News International.

During that time, Yates made the decision that the phone hacking needed no further investigation, despite The Guardian alleging that the previous investigation had been inadequate.

He also alleged that phone hacking took place at some of the Mirror's sister publications.

I've left you a Happy New Year message on my voicemail,» former deputy prime minister and alleged phone - hacking victim John Prescott wrote.

It has been alleged that the Met deliberately chose not to inform MPs, celebrities and public figures, including senior police officers, that their phones may have been hacked.

The judgments came after lawyers representing alleged victims of phone hacking told the judge that News Group has «consistently failed to provide proper disclosure and to meet its disclosure obligations».

The specific mention of the treatment of alleged victims suggests the committee is largely sympathetic to the claims of some MPs, including former Foreign Office minister Chris Bryant, who claim their phones were hacked but that the police have done nothing to help them establish the facts.

The scandal spread to the royal family this morning as the BBC reported a royal protection officer had sold information to the News of the World, where phone - hacking is alleged to have been widespread.

The two sets of notes, believed to date to 2004 when the NoW's first investigation into Sheridan's alleged adultery was at its peak, could suggest Mulcaire was twice ordered to hack Sheridan's mobile phone or pass on his private pin code to NoW reporters.

Claims of illegal phone tapping by the News of the World have led to calls for the Conservative leader, David Cameron, to sack his communications director, Andy Coulson, who was the editor of the News of the World at the time of the alleged hacking.

Taylor Hampton's Lewis is set to arrive in the US this weekend to begin discussions with New York civil liberties lawyer Norman Siegel over legal action for three alleged victims of phone - hacking described as a «well - known sports person», a sports person not in the public eye and a US citizen.

Activities such as alleged phone - hacking which could never have been a legitimate part of his job were not, it argued, encompassed by the agreement.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has still not been told the names of the 22 law firms alleged to have used private investigators implicated in the phone hacking scandal.