Hugh Grant has been priced out of his ‘phone hacking’ lawsuit against The Sun
Hugh Grant has been priced out of his ‘phone hacking’ lawsuit against The Sun, after learning it would cost him more money to win than it would cost Rupert Murdoch.
He has explained the situation on X:
News Group are claiming they are entirely innocent of the things I had accused the Sun of doing – phone hacking, unlawful information gathering, landline tapping, the burglary of my flat and office, the bugging of my car, the illegal blagging of medical records, lies, perjury and…
— Hugh Grant (@HackedOffHugh) April 17, 2024
I don’t want to accept this money or settle. I would love to see all the allegations that they deny tested in court.
— Hugh Grant (@HackedOffHugh) April 17, 2024
My lawyers tell me that that is exactly what would most likely happen here. Rupert Murdoch’s lawyers are very expensive. So even if every allegation is proven in court, I would still be liable for something approaching £10 million in costs. I’m afraid I am shying at that fence.
— Hugh Grant (@HackedOffHugh) April 17, 2024
Murdoch’s settlement money has a stink and I refuse to let this be hush money. I have spent the best part of 12 years fighting for a free press that does not distort the truth,
— Hugh Grant (@HackedOffHugh) April 17, 2024
So this money will repurposed via groups like Hacked Off into the general campaign to expose the worst excesses of our oligarch-owned press.
— Hugh Grant (@HackedOffHugh) April 17, 2024
This is shocking: if the accused party in a civil court case offers to settle and the amount awarded to the accuser (if they win) is even one penny less, then the accuser must pay all the costs?
Who thought that was fair? Who ruled that it was justice?
Once again, it seems the UK’s so-called civil justice system is actually rigged in favour of whoever is richest.
That isn’t justice.
It’s a racket. And it is appalling that the UK’s judges allow it within their courtrooms.
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