Overview
- Prince Harry is scheduled to spend a full day in the witness box on Thursday, January 22, according to a draft High Court timetable.
- The trial begins Monday and covers claims by seven public figures that Associated Newspapers used unlawful methods from 1993 to 2011 to obtain private information.
- Mr Justice Nicklin ruled that Associated Newspapers must amend part of its opening note after it advanced a contested 'camouflage scheme' beyond a simple credibility attack.
- Associated Newspapers denies wrongdoing and has labeled the allegations 'preposterous smears,' while the claimants say the publisher’s team raised improper fraud and dishonesty claims.
- Key witness Gavin Burrows has disputed an earlier statement attributed to him and is seeking to give evidence remotely, and Elton John and David Furnish are also expected to testify by video.