The publisher of the Daily Mirror has paid Hugh Grant what is understood to be a six-figure sum in damages to settle his claim against it for phone hacking.
This litigation has made clear that phone hacking and other unlawful information-gathering took place on an industrial scale at the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People.
Speaking outside court after the hearing, Grant said: “This case was not just about what they did to my phone and those close to me …
Saigol said Grant had donated the money he had received to Hacked Off, the campaign group that has fought tabloid newspapers over their use of phone hacking.