‘Memories have faded’, says judge, as some claims dated back 20 yearspublished at 14:48 BST
The judge in the case – Mr Justice Nicklin – has stated the reasons why the claims have been dismissed.
One is that the claims had been brought to court too late – or that too much time had passed.
Many of the events in the trial dated back 20 or 30 years, which limited the amount of evidence that still existed.
“Put shortly, memories have faded – in some cases entirely – and many documents are no longer available,” the judge says.
Civil claims are legally subjected to a six-year limitation period, and ANL argued that the claims made by Prince Harry and others had exceeded that.
But the claimants argued that relevant facts had been deliberately concealed by ANL, and therefore the six-year period should begin when the information was discovered.
The judge only considered this for specific claims relating to Sadie Frost’s voicemail being intercepted – but decided that Frost had enough facts to make a claim in 2016, and therefore that too much time had passed.
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