News Of The World publisher loses bid to end phone hacking litigation

(PA)

The publisher of The News Of The World has lost a bid to bring an end to litigation over the phone hacking scandal – 15 years after it began and following the settlement of more than 1,000 claims.

News Group Newspapers (NGN), publisher of the now-defunct newspaper and of The Sun, asked Mr Justice Fancourt to impose a final deadline for claims to be issued against it in relation to alleged unlawful information gathering at the newspapers.