David Walliams and Martin Clunes are among a number of high profile celebrities to have formally settled damages claims over phone hacking against Mirror Group Newspapers at the High Court.
The Britain’s Got Talent judge (pictured) and Doc Martin star have received “substantial compensation” and a public apology after bringing legal action against the publisher of The Mirror, Sunday Mirror and The People.
Their cases were formally settled at a hearing on Thursday alongside claims by actors Roxanne Pallett, Antony Cotton, Mark and Samantha Womack, Caroline Quentin and her husband Sam Farmer.
Mr Justice Mann heard Walliams had alleged he was targeted by MGN between 2003 and 2010, and that his friends and colleagues were also targeted to obtain private information, with 45 articles published as a result of intercepted voicemails or other unlawful techniques.
David Walliams, Martin Clunes and Caroline Quentin among stars to settle phone-hacking claims
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