Harry’s High Court claim against Daily Mail publisher could face trial in 2026

The Duke of Sussex’s ineligible assertion against the steadfast of the Daily Mail could look a proceedings successful 2026, a High Court justice has suggested.

Harry is among a radical of high-profile individuals – including Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Sir Elton John and his hubby David Furnish, actresses Sadie Frost and Liz Hurley, and person Sir Simon Hughes – bringing ineligible enactment against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL).

They person accused the steadfast of allegedly carrying retired oregon commissioning unlawful activities, specified arsenic hiring backstage investigators to spot listening devices wrong cars, “blagging” backstage records, burglaries to bid and accessing and signaling backstage telephone conversations.

ANL firmly denies the allegations and is defending the ineligible action, antecedently telling the tribunal that they are “lurid” and “simply preposterous”.

At a preliminary proceeding connected Tuesday, which was attended by Lady Lawrence, justice Mr Justice Nicklin said that it was important to advancement the lawsuit to an eventual trial.

He said: “My wide nonsubjective is we hole a proceedings date… It volition astir apt commencement connected 14 January 2026.”

The justice continued that the day whitethorn alteration and repeated that it was an “objective”.

He added: “I don’t cognize what is going to hap successful assorted stages of the litigation… That nonsubjective whitethorn yet beryllium thwarted.”

The two-day proceeding successful London is owed to woody with requests for documents, costs and a bid to person portion of the lawsuit dismissed without a trial.

The proceeding earlier Mr Justice Nicklin and Judge David Cook is owed to reason connected Wednesday.