Andy Coulson wins costs appeal
Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson won his appeal yesterday against a High Court ruling that News Group Newspapers (NGN) does not have to pay his legal costs arising from the phone-hacking affair.
Coulson, 44, who resigned in February 2007, sued NGN over a clause within a severance agreement. He went to court seeking a declaration that the company “must pay the professional costs and expenses properly incurred” by him “in defending allegations of criminal conduct”.