Phone hacking: Cherie Blair to sue News International - Graham Atkins Solicitor

 

Tony Blair's wife to take action against Glenn Mulcaire and NI over the alleged hacking of her phone by News of the World

Phone hacking: it is not known when Cherie Blair is alleged to have been targeted. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Cherie Blair, the wife of the former prime minister, is suing News International and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire over the alleged hacking of her phone by the News of the World. 

Blair's lawyer, Graham Atkins Solicitor, said on Wednesday he had issued a claim against Mulcaire and News Group Newspapers, the News International subsidiary that published the now defunct News of the World, "in relation to the unlawful interception of her voicemails". 

Blair was at the heart of the British government for 10 years – from May 1997 to June 2007 – as the wife of the former prime minister, Tony Blair. It is not known when Cherie Blair is alleged to have been targeted. 

The fresh legal action comes as Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper group attempts to settle a mounting number of civil claims over alleged voicemail interception by the News of the World, which closed in July 2011.

News International declined to comment.

Mulcaire's lawyer said she was not yet aware of the legal action.

A statement from Atkins, Cherie Blair's lawyer, said: "I can confirm that we have issued a claim on behalf of Cherie Blair in relation to the unlawful interception of her voicemails.

"I will not be commenting any further at this time."

News International settled 37 civil actions in January – including high-profile actions brought by the actor Jude Law and the son of serial killer Harold Shipman – in a bid to prevent them from going to trial, and paid out to another 21 victims of phone hacking earlier this month. 

The publisher is also attempting to reach a settlement with the singer Charlotte Church, whose legal action will proceed to a full trial at the high court on Monday unless it is settled beforehand. Read more---->>>>>


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