Overview
- Mr Justice Nicklin ruled that materials held by the research team fall within the claimants’ control and must be properly searched and disclosed under standard disclosure.
- At a London hearing, each side accused the other of drip-feeding information as they pressed competing disclosure demands ahead of trial.
- The claimants said ANL’s review of 11 archive boxes produced 18 documents and asked the court to require searches of 36 additional boxes.
- Later on Monday, it was agreed that 12 boxes would be searched, limited to those with codes matching boxes that previously yielded relevant documents.
- The judge made no findings on alleged unlawful information gathering; the claimants, including Prince Harry, Sir Elton John and others, accuse ANL of illegal tactics, which the publisher denies.