Tom Crone accused of trying to gain leverage over solicitors Mark Lewis and Charlotte Harris, who were in litigation against the paper, tribunal hears
A News of the World lawyer ordered surveillance of two solicitors engaged in litigation against the paper for phone hacking in order to gain an improper advantage, a disciplinary tribunal has heard.
Tom Crone, legal affairs manager with the now defunct newspaper’s publisher, News International (now News UK), is accused of attempting to uncover an alleged affair between the two colleagues to provide the NoW with “good leverage” in legal proceedings.
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