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Rebekah Vardy loses attraction after claiming Coleen Rooney’s attorneys ‘intentionally’ understated prices throughout libel case

By Editorial Board Published April 10, 2025 5 Min Read
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Rebekah Vardy loses attraction after claiming Coleen Rooney’s attorneys ‘intentionally’ understated prices throughout libel case

Rebekah Vardy has misplaced an attraction after claiming Coleen Rooney’s attorneys “deliberately” understated a few of their consumer’s prices in the course of the “Wagatha Christie” libel case.

The high-profile court docket case happened after Mrs Rooney, spouse of former Man Utd striker Wayne Rooney, accused Mrs Vardy on social media in 2019 of leaking her non-public data to the press.

Mrs Vardy, spouse of Leicester Metropolis striker Jamie Vardy, unsuccessfully tried to sue Mrs Rooney in a libel battle in 2022 that captivated some areas of the general public and was later dramatised for TV.

The choose ordered Mrs Vardy to pay 90% of Mrs Rooney’s prices, together with an preliminary fee of £800,000.

Each girls are actually in an additional dispute over how a lot Mrs Vardy ought to pay in authorized prices in consequence.

In October final 12 months, a specialist prices choose dominated Mrs Rooney’s attorneys didn’t commit misconduct after they had been accused by Mrs Vardy’s authorized group of understating a few of her prices.

Mrs Vardy appealed towards the choice final month whereas Mrs Rooney’s attorneys claimed the problem was “misconceived”.

In a ruling on Thursday, Excessive Court docket choose Mr Justice Cavanagh dismissed the attraction.

He stated: “The appeal must fail on the basis that the judge was entitled to reach the conclusion that he came to.”

A listening to final October was informed that Mrs Rooney’s claimed authorized invoice – £1,833,906.89 – was greater than thrice her “agreed costs budget of £540,779.07”.

Jamie Carpenter KC, for Mrs Vardy, stated that this was “disproportionate”, and that the sooner “understatement” of some prices was “improper and unreasonable” and used to “attack the other party’s costs”.

Nevertheless, Senior Prices Choose Andrew Gordon-Saker stated that whereas there was a “failure to be transparent” by Mrs Rooney’s authorized group, he discovered “on balance and, I have to say, only just” that that they had not dedicated wrongdoing.

In written submissions for the attraction towards the choice final month, Mr Carpenter stated Mrs Rooney “very substantially understated” her prices by round 40% in her funds, referred to as a “precedent H”, in 2021, and that the quantity Mrs Vardy ought to pay ought to due to this fact be lowered.

Benjamin Williams KC, for Mrs Rooney, stated in his written submissions that her funds was “properly and correctly completed” and there was “no tenable case” of misconduct.

In a separate ruling on Thursday, Mrs Vardy largely misplaced a bid for entry to extra paperwork in relation to prices.

Her attorneys requested the court docket in February to order Mrs Rooney’s group at hand over “privileged” paperwork, particulars about her declare for VAT, and additional details about retainers between Mrs Rooney and her solicitors.

Mrs Rooney’s attorneys resisted the bid, describing it as a “fishing expedition”.

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On Thursday, Senior Prices Choose Mark Whalan stated he was “not persuaded” Mrs Vardy’s attorneys ought to be allowed to examine VAT paperwork, or different privileged materials.

However he dominated they need to be allowed to see a redacted retainer between Mrs Rooney and her solicitors.

Choose Whalan additionally ordered Mrs Vardy to pay nearly £11,000 of prices of the appliance, stating that he should “conclude realistically” that it “is the defendant and not the claimant” who had been profitable.

After the rulings, a spokesperson for Mrs Vardy stated: “In terms of the two judgments today, we are gratified disclosure has been obliged in one ruling whilst being respectfully disappointed that, in the other judgment, our appeal was not successful.

“Now we simply want to transfer on and look to the longer term. We shall be making no additional remark right now.”

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