Judge may cap phone hack claims

A JUDGE will rule later this week on whether “more vast expenditure” should be incurred in further disclosure to claimants in the phone-hacking litigation.

Mr Justice Vos, who is due to assess compensation relating to 154 claims next June, heard that the cost of searches carried out so far was “well into seven figures”.

On the issue of whether it would be proportionate to order further disclosure by News Group Newspapers, he told lawyers for the claimants at London’s High Court they already had “the most amazing admissions” from NGN. “The question is why should there now be more vast expenditure. What are you going to get out of it?”

The judge said he would give his ruling some time this week.