Mirror phone hacking case ‘overwhelmingly successful’, court told

A phone hacking claim against the publisher of the Daily Mirror brought by figures including the Duke of Sussex was “overwhelmingly successful”, the High Court has heard in a bid for nearly £2 million in costs.

Last month, a judge ruled that phone hacking became “widespread and habitual” at the Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) titles in the late 90s and was practised “even to some extent” during the Leveson Inquiry into press standards in 2011.

Mr Fancourt also concluded