Phone hacking: royal law firm Harbottle & Lewis in negotiations with police

[The Straight Story]

Phone hacking: royal law firm Harbottle & Lewis in negotiations with police over News International emails

Harbottle & Lewis told MPs it was in the process of making a “full and complete disclosure” to the Metropolitan Police about phone hacking.

The firm, which in the past has acted for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York, is under fire for failing to tell police or MPs about the scale of the problem.

Harbottle & Lewis, which is understood to be being investigated by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority, had previously insisted client confidentiality prevented it from making full disclosure to police.

It emerged at the height of the scandal that Harbottle & Lewis had a four-year-old file of hundreds of allegedly incriminating emails in its offices.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8666765/Phone-hacking-royal-law-firm-Harbottle-and-Lewis-in-negotiations-with-police-over-News-International-emails.html

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. Lovely. nt