Douglas v Hello!: costs (page 83)

In January 2004, Mr Justice Lindsay ordered Hello! to pay most of the clamants’ legal costs. The Douglases and OK! were awarded 75 per cent of their costs in the liability trial and 85 per cent of the costs of the November hearing that decided the size of their damages.

The judge pointed our that Hello!’s conduct had “fallen well short of what is to be expected and in some respects was downright deceitful or misleading.” He concluded: “I have no doubt but that... the winners of the Liability Hearing, in substance and reality, were the Claimants.”
However, Hello! was granted permission to appeal.

Posted at March 1, 2004 12:01 AM