Thomson represented Hugh Grant and his partner Tinglan Hong in the phone-hacking and harassment cases against the News of the World. Thomson represented numerous other victims of the phone-hacking scandal who were subsequently awarded damages for media intrusion and invasion of privacy. Told the Inquiry that it was his strong view that the PCC had failed to enforce improved press standards and, significantly, had no power of "prior restraint".
24 November 2011, morning session, beginning transcript p71.
Questioned by Robert Jay QC. This session was devoted almost exclusively to the 2008 privacy case and its implications.
Privacy and the media extract: 6. How far is privacy protected by media regulators?
Written evidence submitted by Mark Thomson to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee.
Uncorrected transcript of oral evidence taken before the Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions on Monday 17 October 2011.
Address by the Rt Hon Jack Straw MP at the Gareth Williams' Memorial Lecture - 12 July 2011.
Article concerning phone hacking taken from the New Statesman April 2011.
Extract on Media Self-Regulation.
Re-amended particulars of a claim between Ben Jackson and Newsgroup Newspapers Limited and Glenn Mulcaire.
Statement in open court on behalf of Sienna Miller.
