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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> England and Wales High Court (Chancery Division) Decisions >> Duke of Sussex v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2024] EWHC 1730 (Ch) (27 June 2024) URL: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2024/1730.html Cite as: [2024] EWHC 1730 (Ch) |
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B e f o r e :
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HRH The Duke of Sussex |
Claimant |
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News Group Newspapers Limited |
Defendant |
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David Sherborne and Ben Hamer (instructed by Clintons) for the Group 3 Counsel
Hearing dates: 27th June 2024
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Crown Copyright ©
Mr Justice Fancourt:
"We were texting around the clock."
It is possible that he used the word "texting" there as a synonym for messaging, either generally or Signal messaging specifically, but that's far from clear. Regardless of that narrow issue, I accept that it's appropriate in a case of this kind that turns on what the claimant knew or what he could have known at a particular time, for his text messages and WhatsApp to have been searched. It should have been done as part of standard disclosure, regardless of what the claimant might have thought he could remember about which media he used to discuss various matters. I will therefore direct a search of those repositories using the same search terms and over the same time period as for the laptop.