Prince Harry In Danger Of Paying Hefty Bill In Legal Battle Against NGN

Prince Harry has been locked in on lawsuits against different segments of UK newspaper publishers for some time now.

Apart from his ongoing legal battle against Associated Newspapers, the Prince will also face off against News Group Newspaper when part of the case goes to trial in January 2025. Here’s what we know.

Prince Harry Could Be Faced With Paying Two-thirds Of NGN’s Legal Fees For This Reason

As the case gets set to enter court early next year, the presiding judge Mr Justice Fancourt has determined the cost of NGN’s application.

In a detailed explanation, Fancourt said: “The first question is whether I can identify who has been the successful party. I can, and the successful party to my mind is undoubtedly NGN, although it has not succeeded on the whole of its application.”

The judge continued, “The next question for me, then, is whether to make some different order, or adjustment to the order for costs that would otherwise be made that the unsuccessful party pay the successful party’s costs. Mr Hudson, frankly and straightforwardly, recognises that it can be said that there has been a significant degree to which NGN has not achieved what it set out to achieve.”

He added: “I agree with Mr Sherborne to the extent that he says that NGN framed its application too broadly, and I consider that there should be some adjustment to reflect that. In addition to the breadth of the relief that was sought and not obtained, there is a question of prematurity.”

However, he applauded NGN for deciding that “the time had come where an application should be made.”

He also noted that the process had taken a lot of time to progress, and it was the right call that the case proceed the court so that the defendant does not have to wait any longer.

The judge concluded: “Looking at the matter in overall terms, therefore, taking account of the extent to which NGN has not succeeded on its application, including both the original wording of the order and the new point introduced, it seems to me that the fair order in the circumstances is that the claimant should pay NGN two-thirds of their costs of the application, to be assessed on the standard basis if not agreed.”

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