Law Firm in Prince Harry's Hacking Case Faces Insolvency
Thomson Heath Jenkins, which led the Duke of Sussex's failed legal action against a Daily Mail publisher, has reportedly called in insolvency experts.
A law firm that was central to Prince Harry's unsuccessful hacking claim against the publisher of the Daily Mail has reportedly engaged insolvency experts. Thomson Heath Jenkins is said to have summoned practitioners, and its office has closed, a development described as "a shock for staff" by one company source.
The firm was at the forefront of a significant legal battle initiated by the Duke of Sussex and six other high-profile claimants, including Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Sir Elton John and his husband David Furnish, model Liz Hurley, actress Sadie Frost, and former Liberal Democrat justice minister Sir Simon Hughes. The claimants accused Mail publisher Associated Newspapers of criminal activity, including phone hacking, landline tapping, and car tracking.
In July, the High Court dismissed all 97 allegations, exonerating the newspaper's journalists. The judge characterized the Mail's journalists as