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Rebekah Vardy loses appeal after claiming Coleen Rooney's lawyers 'deliberately' understated costs during libel case
Rebekah Vardy has lost an appeal after claiming Coleen Rooney's lawyers "deliberately" understated some of their client's costs during the "Wagatha Christie" libel case.
The high-profile court case took place after Mrs Rooney, wife of former Man Utd striker Wayne Rooney, accused Mrs Vardy on social media in 2019 of leaking her private information to the press. Mrs Vardy, wife of Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, unsuccessfully tried to sue Mrs Rooney in a libel battle in 2022 that captivated some areas of the public and was later dramatised for TV.
The judge ordered Mrs Vardy to pay 90% of Mrs Rooney's costs, including an initial payment of £800,000. Both women are now in a further dispute over how much Mrs Vardy should pay in legal costs as a result.
In October last year, a specialist costs judge ruled Mrs Rooney's lawyers did not commit misconduct after they were accused by Mrs Vardy's legal team of understating some of her costs. Mrs Vardy appealed against the decision last month while Mrs Rooney's lawyers claimed the challenge was "misconceived".
In a ruling on Thursday, High Court judge Mr Justice Cavanagh dismissed the appeal. He said: "The appeal must fail on the basis that the judge was entitled to reach the conclusion that he came to." A hearing last October was told that Mrs Rooney's claimed legal bill - £1,833,906.89 - was more than three times her "agreed costs budget of £540,779.07".
Jamie Carpenter KC, for Mrs Vardy, said that this was "disproportionate.
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