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Employment law - interpretation of contracts

09 January 2012

On 21st December 2011 the High Court found that on proper interpretation of a contract between a newspaper editor and his employer, the employer was not responsible for paying the editor's legal fees, that occurred as a result of illicit payments to the police and unlawful interception of communications. Indemnity only arose with regard to lawful activities arising from his editorship.

Andrew Coulson -v- New Group Newspapers Ltd [2011] EWHC 3482 (QB)

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