Event Brief
Judge orders Harry and others to pay £9.54m costs
By The BriefBrief · Sources (14)
Filed: Aug 21, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET
Summary: A judge ruled that Prince Harry, Elton John and five other claimants must pay initial legal costs after their privacy lawsuits against the Daily Mail publisher failed. Judge Matthew Nicklin’s costs judgment, published Friday, ordered an interim payment of £9.54 million (US$13 million) on an “indemnity basis”.
WHO: Judge Matthew Nicklin; Prince Harry; Elton John; other claimants; Associated Newspapers
WHAT: Costs judgment orders claimants to make an interim payment toward Associated Newspapers’ legal costs after failed privacy lawsuits.
WHEN: Aug 21, 2026
WHERE: United Kingdom
WHY: The claimants’ privacy lawsuits were comprehensively rejected, with the judge finding the case was conducted in an unreasonable way and ordering costs on an “indemnity basis”.
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