Rebekah Vardy has challenged the high legal costs claimed by Coleen Rooney in their 2022 libel trial, arguing that the fees are excessive. The dispute, dubbed 'Wagatha Christie,' revolved around allegations that Vardy leaked private information from Rooney's Instagram account to the press.
Rebekah Vardy has challenged the "sheer magnitude" of the legal costs claimed by Coleen Rooney from their 2022 libel trial as the so-called Wagatha Christie dispute returned to the High Court. Mrs Vardy lost the original case after a judge ruled it was "substantially true" that she had leaked Mrs Rooney's private information to the press.The judge ordered her to pay 90% of Mrs Rooney's costs, which has reached more than £1.
In the latest development, Mrs Vardy's lawyers say Mrs Rooney has claimed a legal bill totalling £1,833,906.89, including fees for a five-star hotel and swanky restaurant for a lawyer.In written submissions for a hearing on Monday, Jamie Carpenter KC, who is representing Mrs Vardy, described a bill for a lawyer staying "at the Nobu Hotel, incurring substantial dinner and drinks charges as well as mini bar charges".
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