PRINCE HARRY SEEKS PERMISSION TO APPEAL DAILY MAIL PRIVACY RULINGS

Prince Harry and five other claimants have applied to the Court of Appeal for permission to challenge rulings dismissing their claims against Associated Newspapers Limited. The publisher owns the Daily Mail, and the claims concerned allegations of unlawful information gathering. Court staff confirmed on Friday that the claimants had filed an appeal bid. The group’s spokesperson said the applications also challenged an indemnity costs order made by Mr Justice Nicklin.

The other claimants are Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Sir Elton John, David Furnish, Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost. The judge ruled that the group had “failed to prove their pleaded allegations of unlawful information gathering” at the publisher. Accounts place the dismissal in different months, June and July. The litigation included a privacy claim by Prince Harry seeking £50 million.

The claimants’ spokesperson announced their application in a statement issued on Friday. The spokesperson said: “We confirm that the claimants have today filed applications with the Court of Appeal for permission to appeal the judgments of Mr Justice Nicklin in respect of his dismissal of their claims and the indemnity costs order.” The statement set out the group’s grounds for challenging those decisions. It added: “The claimants respectfully disagree with those unprecedented decisions, which they consider to be legally and factually flawed.”