Prince Harry Faces £34.5 Million ANL Cost Claim as £16.2 Million Insurance Falls Short
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Updated · The Guardian · Jul 29
Prince Harry Faces £34.5 Million ANL Cost Claim as £16.2 Million Insurance Falls Short
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jul 29
Summary
ANL asked London’s High Court to order Prince Harry and six co-claimants to pay costs on an indemnity basis after their privacy claims were thrown out on July 7.
£34.5 million in ANL legal spending now far exceeds the claimants’ £16.2 million insurance cover, leaving them potentially millions of pounds exposed; ANL wants an interim payment of £9.95 million, versus the claimants’ £8 million offer.
ANL said the group pursued sweeping allegations of criminality against 77 staff, abandoned some claims during the 11-week trial and then attacked the judge’s 426-page ruling as a “whitewash,” conduct it says justifies stricter cost recovery.
The claimants argued ANL’s bill is disproportionate, exceeds its approved budget by more than £18.6 million and rose from an earlier £20 million estimate without warning, leaving them effectively uninsured despite litigating in good faith.
The two-day hearing will decide how much of ANL’s four-year litigation bill the claimants must cover after losing the case in full.