News of the World lawyer sent investigator to catch phone hacking lawyers having affair

By Nick Miller
Updated August 3 2016 - 5:13am, first published 4:16am

London: The chief lawyer for the defunct News of the World tabloid sent a private investigator to find proof that two other lawyers acting for phone hacking victims were having an affair, in order to gain "leverage" against them, a tribunal has heard.

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