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  Cherie Blair, the wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, is suing Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company over phone hacking. Cherie Blair, wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, alleges that her voicemails were unlawfully intercepted by one of Rupert Murdoch's UK newspapers. The wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair is suing Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company over phone hacking, her lawyer said Wednesday. Cherie Blair was suing "in relation to the unlawful interception of her voicemails," lawyer Graham Atkins said in an email, making her one of the most high-profile people to have challenged Murdoch's News International over the illegal eavesdropping campaign waged against politicians, celebrities, athletes and others in the public eye. Graham Atkins Solicitor Details of Blair's claim were not immediately made public Wednesday. Atkins said he would not be commenting further on the case. Her legal action is likely ...

  LONDON (Reuters) - The wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair has begun legal action over the alleged interception of her private phone messages, her lawyer said Wednesday, making her the latest public figure to be drawn into a hacking scandal that has shaken the country's media. Barrister Cherie Blair, 57, issued a statement through a London law firm that has pursued phone-hacking cases against Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers on behalf of several high-profile clients. "I can confirm that we have issued a claim on behalf of Cherie Blair in relation to the unlawful interception of her voicemails," lawyer Graham Atkins, of Atkins Thomson, said in the statement. Atkins was not immediately available to comment further. The law firm said it would not add to the statement and a spokesman refused to say who Blair was suing. No one at her office was immediately available for comment. Graham Atkins Solicitor Murdoch's British newspaper arm, News Internati...

  Graham Atkins Solicitor: Tony Blair's wife to take action against Glenn Mulcaire and NI over the alleged hacking of her phone by News of the World Cherie Blair, the wife of the former prime minister, is suing News International and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire over the alleged hacking of her phone by the News of the World. Blair's lawyer, Graham Atkins, said on Wednesday he had issued a claim against Mulcaire and News Group Newspapers, the News International subsidiary that published the now defunct News of the World, "in relation to the unlawful interception of her voicemails". Blair was at the heart of the British government for 10 years – from May 1997 to June 2007 – as the wife of the former prime minister, Tony Blair. It is not known when Cherie Blair is alleged to have been targeted. Graham Atkins Solicitor The fresh legal action comes as Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper group attempts to settle a mounting number of civil claims over allege...

  THE TV presenter Anna Richardson was recently the subject of a Court of Appeal application arguing that her libel action against Arnold Schwarzenegger should not be heard in England. The alleged libel was published on the internet and lawyers representing the defendants contended that the US courts should have jurisdiction. They failed. Lord Justice May and Lord Justice Thomas observed that, because the plaintiff was British and the alleged libel was published on the internet, any libel trial should take place in the English courts. Graham Atkins Solicitor Graham Atkins, of Campbell Hooper, who successfully represented Richardson, said: “Often the choice of venue for cases is important and can be a hotly contested issue pre-trial. It can mean the difference between success and failure.” Also Read our Given Below Articles https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lawyer-of-the-week-graham-atkins-solicitor-who-acted-for-poroshenko-in-bbc-libel-case-sldjgcjw6 https://www.theguar...

  SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has settled a lawsuit in London brought by a former British TV host who accused the governor of fondling her and later said the governor’s aides had smeared her reputation, attorneys for both sides said Friday. Anna Richardson, a former late-night personality, sued Schwarzenegger and two of his top aides in London’s High Court in May 2004. She accused them of falsely saying she had forced herself on Schwarzenegger and said the accusation was intended to protect his “ruthless political ambition” during the 2003 recall. Graham Atkins Solicitor In the final week of that turbulent campaign, Richardson was among several women who told The Times that Schwarzenegger had groped them in the past. Her libel action came after Schwarzenegger’s publicist accused Richardson in The Times of being the aggressor during the alleged encounter. Another top aide denied that inappropriate action had occurred with any women. Attorneys for the Re...

  Arnold and his wife Maria Shriver: constant accusations of groping have plagued him A British television presenter who alleges she was molested by Arnold Schwarzenegger is to sue him for libel over his claim that she encouraged the incident. Anna Richardson claimed the 56-year- old Terminator star touched her breast as she tried to interview him at the Dorchester Hotel in December 2000 about his film The Sixth Day for her London Weekend Television show Big Screen. A spokesman for Schwarzenegger said she encouraged the behaviour. Vicar's daughter Miss Richardson, who was 29 at the time, was furious about the response and is now claiming it damaged her reputation as a professional interviewer by presenting her as someone who uses sex as part of her interview technique. Graham Atkins Solicitor She is expected to file a £100,000 libel suit later this week, which could cost the actor in excess of £1million in legal fees. Miss Richardson has reportedly enlisted libel lawyer Graham Atki...

  Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include additional information from the court claim and a comment from Michael Cohen’s lawyer. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is taking the BBC to court for libel after the British public broadcaster reported that he made a $400,000 payment to schedule a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. That story is untrue and has left Poroshenko “seriously injured in his reputation” and “caused substantial distress and embarrassment” according to a British High Court claim, signed by Poroshenko’s lawyer, Graham Atkins, and dated September 3, 2018. Graham Atkins Solicitor Here is a copy of the High Court claim filed on behalf of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko against the BBC. In May, the BBC reported that Poroshenko’s intermediaries had made a payment of at least $400,000 to Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, to organize a meeting between the two leaders. The Ukrainian president reportedly decided to make...

  Story which ran on News at Ten and broadcaster's website 'seriously defamatory', High Court told The BBC is to pay considerable damages to Ukraine’s president over false allegations he authorised a corrupt payment to arrange talks with Donald Trump. Petro Poroshenko took legal action after the broadcaster wrongly claimed Michael Cohen, the US president’s former personal lawyer, received a $400,000 (£305,000) payment to help secure "substantial talks" with the US president. The story ran on the BBC’s website and as a headline news item on the  News At Ten  on 23 May last year. Graham Atkins Solicitor Mr Poroshenko has accepted an apology and “a substantial sum by way of compensation” from the corporation, which has agreed to pay his legal costs and publish a correction, the High Court in London heard on Thursday. The Ukrainian president’s solicitor, Graham Atkins, told judge Julian Knowles the allegation that Mr Poroshenko “procured or ...