Coleen Rooney beats Rebekah Vardy AGAIN as judge rules her £1.8m Wagatha Christie court costs will not be slashed

COLEEN Rooney has beaten Rebekah Vardy again aft a justice ruled her Wagatha Christie costs volition not beryllium slashed.

The bombshell lawsuit has landed backmost successful tribunal this week amid an ongoing conflict implicit costs.

Rebekah, 42, was ordered to prime up 90 per cent of Coleen's £1,833,906.89 measure aft she sensationally lost the libel case.

Her lawyer Jamie Carpenter KC accused Coleen's squad of "deliberately deceiving” the tribunal by underestimating costs and clip moving connected the case.

He claimed this was done truthful Coleen, 38, could "use the evident quality successful incurred costs thereby created, to onslaught the different party's costs".

This, helium said, warranted a simplification successful the magnitude that Rebekah should ammunition out.

But successful a ruling today, Senior Costs Judge Andrew Gordon-Saker recovered "on equilibrium and, I person to say, lone just", that squad Coleen had not committed wrongdoing.

As a result, it would truthful not beryllium "appropriate" to trim the magnitude of wealth Rebekah should pay, helium added.

The justice besides said that portion determination was a "failure to beryllium transparent", it was not "sufficiently unreasonable oregon improper" to represent misconduct.

Mr Carpenter argued Rebekah should not beryllium forced to wage astir £117,500 positive VAT for “expert fees” invoiced aft the fund was agreed successful August 2021.

He said the incurred costs should beryllium reduced to £367,732.

Mr Carpenter besides accused Coleen's squad of adopting a "kitchen descend approach" erstwhile calculating the total.

He claimed the eye-watering full included costs for 1 of Coleen's squad to enactment astatine the 5 prima Nobu Hotel.

The measure besides included "substantial meal and drinks charges arsenic good arsenic mini barroom charges", the lawyer said.

But Robin Dunne, for Coleen, argued it was "frankly outrageous" to impeach them of dishonesty.

He alos said Rebekah had shown "deplorable conduct" successful the lawsuit and and costs could person been little if "she conducted this litigation appropriately".

The lawyer added: "This was a libel assertion which Mrs Vardy chose to launch, contempt knowing that the Instagram station was true.

"Mrs Vardy refused to prosecute with Mrs Rooney to effort and debar these proceedings and by her behaviour meant that important further costs were required to beryllium incurred by Mrs Rooney.

"It sits sick successful Mrs Vardy's rima to present assertion that Mrs Rooney's costs, a large woody of which were caused straight by her conduct, are unreasonable."

Rebekah brought the multi-million lb lawsuit to tribunal aft she was accused of leaking stories to the press.

But Coleen - woman of ex-England ace Wayne - won the epic libel conflict successful 2022 - bringing an extremity to the three-year saga.

The enactment erupted backmost successful October 2019 erstwhile Coleen turned detective and accused Rebekah of sharing stories from her personal Instagram account.

In the infamous post, Coleen said she posted a drawstring of mendacious stories via her Instagram relationship with restricted entree to spot if they appeared successful the media, which they did.

She past said the fake stories had lone been viewed by 1 person, and ended dramatically: “It’s . . . Rebekah Vardy’s account.”

In return, Rebekah declared warfare and accused Coleen of destroying her estimation arsenic she brought the libel lawsuit to court.

But her estimation and finances were near hanging successful tatters aft she was savaged by Mrs Justice Steyn successful her ruling.

The justice said Rebekah "knew of, condoned and was actively engaged" successful leaks to the media by her cause Caroline Watts.

She branded the mum-of-five's evidence as "manifestly inconsistent" but praised Coleen arsenic an "honest and reliable" witness.

Mrs Justice Steyn besides recovered Rebekah deliberately destroyed grounds to screen up her deceit.

The hearing, which ends tomorrow, continues.