| 08 May 2012 |
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Former NOTW Editor Wins Right To Appeal Over Legal Costs |
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Permission has be given for former News of the World editor Andy Coulson to appeal a high court ruling that News International is not liable to pay his potential legal fees over the phone-hacking scandal.
The master of the rolls, Lord Neuberger, and Lord Justice Laws said at the court of appeal on Tuesday morning that Coulson should be allowed to challenge the ruling.
News Group Newspapers, the News International subsidiary that published the now closed News Of The World, stopped legal payments to Coulson in August last year, which Coulson argues was a breach of his contract with the publisher.
Coulson now wants the high court to force his former employer, News International, to pay his legal bills relating to any allegations of criminal activity.
The master of the rolls said that the former tabloid editor had an "arguable case", which should be considered by three senior judges in a one-day hearing later this year. The judge did not set a date for Coulson's court of appeal bid.
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