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Phone hacking: Sienna Miller accepts £100,000 from News of the World
Actor is first celebrity to settle claim since tabloid admitted hacking several public figures' voicemail messages
Sienna Miller has accepted £100,000 compensation from the News of the World after it accepted unconditional liability for her phone-hacking claims.Actor is first celebrity to settle claim since tabloid admitted hacking several public figures' voicemail messages
The unexpected agreement came midway through a high court battle with the paper. The actor is the first celebrity to settle a claim since the tabloid, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers (NGN), last month admitted hacking the phones of several public figures. The settlement is the highest privacy award to date; NGN will also pay Miller's legal costs.
Michael Silverleaf QC, NGN's barrister, had previously claimed Miller's case could result in £400,000 in damages. He told the court this would be a "ludicrous" sum.
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