Glenn Mulcaire sues News of the World publisher

[oldironside]

Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator at the centre of the News of the World phone-hacking affair, is suing the now defunct tabloid's publisher News International in an attempt to force the company to pay his legal bills.

Mulcaire's action comes after the company, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, announced on 20 July it would stop paying his legal costs with immediate effect.

It emerged earlier this week that News International has paid "approximately £246,000" to lawyers acting for Mulcaire.

He has issued a high court writ claiming News Group Newspapers, the News International subsidiary that published the News of the World until last month, has a contractual obligation to pay the legal bills he is running up fighting more than a dozen high court cases being brought by public figures. The company received the writ on Wednesday.

Mulcaire is named as a defendant in numerous cases, including those being fought by actor Steve Coogan and Labour MP Chris Bryant, along with News Group Newspapers.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/18/phone-hacking-glenn-mulcaire

Fascinating. So, all the time that News International thought it was above the law it was prepared to pay legal costs, rehire convicts, etc. However, now that even the PM, their biggest fan, is afraid of having anything to do with them they are cutting people loose. People who will talk. The Murdochs no longer own the select committee and find themselves in the role of serial blackmailers with no more leverage.

I can't wait for Mulcaire to make like Tweety Pie...

[dipsydoodle]

1. Creates a bit of a paradox

Be interesting to see the outcome.

Could be the News Group Newspapers say they there is no case to answer and he needs to sue the NOTW. :shrug: