Rachel Abdallah

Hugh Grant has been priced out of his ‘phone hacking’ lawsuit against The Sun, after learning it would cost him more money to win than it would cost Rupert Murdoch.

"At the right moment and at the right amount, a skilled litigator can bring a civil claim to a speedy halt": https://davidallengreen.com/2024/04/how-the-civil-justice-system-forced-hugh-grant-to-settle-and-why-an-alternative-to-that-system-is-difficult-to-conceive/ writes @davidallengreen

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How the civil justice system forced Hugh Grant to settle – and why an alternative to that system is difficult to conceive

17th April 2024 Hugh Grant has acted in many counter-intuitive scenarios. But the situation he described today on Twitter is perhaps the most counter-intuitive predicament of them all: * Grant has …

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Show threadJoe ❌👑Apr 18, 2024
@rachel_a @davidallengreen It seems that the problem here could be addressed by having the state prosecute for illegal wiretapping and for some official body to investigate the Murdoch empire's conduct and release its findings. Murdoch wouldn't be able to buy his way out of that.
Show threadMartin Vermeer FCDApr 18, 2024

@rachel_a @davidallengreen > A Part 36 offer, as a settlement offer, is not an open admission of liability – or of culpability.

That may be true, but any reasonable person would, and should, regard it as a confession. In this moral sense, Hugh Grant has already won.

Show threadRobert LinkApr 18, 2024
@rachel_a @davidallengreen That's a total BS quote. It's no big skill to have a superior war chest.