During the last week of campaigning for the London mayoral elections, the old Etonian went on the offensive after he was probed by the BBC's London political editor over his attempts to secure sponsorship from News International for a cable car and a school academy whilst NI was being
investigated for phone hacking.
[52] A Channel 4 Dispatches programme interviewed Marsden and it was revealed that the reporter in question, had been
suspended for phone hacking, although he denied it.
He instructed a solicitor in 2010 to begin
action for phone hacking that allegedly took place back in 2003 by a newspaper.
Of the 550 times that Mulcaire appeared to have been tasked by the News of the World, only 12 could be linked to phone hacking or
preparation for phone hacking, Laidlaw said.
The XDA developers forum, which has been the go - to
destination for phone hacks and modifications for enthusiasts since the Symbian and Windows Mobile days, is planning on releasing a smartphone of its own.
In 2007, Harbottle was hired by News International to review internal emails after the News of The World's royal editor, Clive Goodman, and private investigator, Glen Mulcaire, were
imprisoned for phone hacking.
We are representing a number of clients in relation to
claims for phone hacking against the Daily Mirror in the wake of Operation Golding - the police investigation into phone hacking at the Daily Mirror and other Mirror titles.
Does he feel the same about Andy Coulson, the former editor of the News of the World and adviser to David Cameron who was sentenced to 18 months in
prison for phone hacking?
In a further twist to the affair, a spokesman for Finance Minister George Osborne said police had told the minister his name and home phone number were in notes kept by two people jailed
for phone hacking.