London (Reuters) - public apology of arm of Rupert Murdoch UK journal designed to contain a phone climbing piracy scandal looks not having after a judge declared civil cases against the company could reach at least next year.
A Conference case management called to decide how best to manage a potential flood of legal proceedings, the judge said Friday that it would hear four or five test cases, potentially, including actress Sienna Miller, towards the end of the year.
So far, about 20 public figures who believe that their voice messages were intercepted by the popular news of the world tabloid journalists continue News International, the arm of UK of News Corp newspaper.
But many others is supposed to occur after the Group has apologized to the eight victims last week and said that he would set up a compensation scheme.
Potential applicants will have to weigh to accept compensation to offshore or go to court and risk in large projects of legal act, and potentially embarrassing information being made public or not.
Week last deputy chief operating officer of News Corp. James Murdoch, the son of company Patriarch, said the company had managed to "put this problem in a box" but judge Geoffrey your clearly that this was not the case.
"The show Ain" t over. It is quite clear, "said your a courtroom in London, packed with teams of lawyers and journalists."
An investigation into the practices of news to news gathering world received so far from celebrities, Ministers of the Government, the stars of the sport and British Prime Minister David Cameron, on several occasions making headlines in rival publications.
Counsel for Sienna Miller said before the Court that his former partner, the actor Jude Law can also start proceedings against the paper.
The scandal has also clouded a deal provided by the parent company, News Corp for a buyback of 14 billion of British pay-TV Group BSkyB, with critics saying that the Government should put on hold until the investigation of piracy is completed.
Your tent as test cases proposed those brought by Miller, sports agent Skylet Andrew, ex-sports pundit Andy Gray and interior designer Kelly Hoppen because they cover a wide range of issues and have been closer to be ready for trial.
"It is difficult to imagine that there would be generic issues which would not raised by the case," said your. They might be ready for trial at the end of the year or next year at the beginning, he said.
Police is also carry out a criminal investigation. They arrested three new superiors of the journalists of the world so far this year, including a Thursday.
"It is noted that the judges in this case up to now have been absolutely determined to come of this", media consultant Steve Hewlett said Reuters.
"And we now have the police student through new information and in the background, that we have parliamentary committees which is sizzling as they believe that they have been also seriously misled."
News International News of the world sells 3 million copies - each Sunday more than any of his rivals - fuelled by tales of first page of the celebrity scandal.
But there is a week, the company acknowledged that some of these stories can come from private hacking telephone messages and he accepted responsibility for the first time. News International apologized for eight people, including the politician Miller and British Tessa Jowell, who continued the company.
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A senior media counsel, who asked not to be named told Reuters that the case would continue to play a role on the press that the criminal investigation and civil on rage.
"International news hope neutralize it by adjusting the people", he said. "But as long as there is sufficient providers that were not purchased, then it will continue and litigation is a slow process."
"It is personal and on the principle".
George Galloway, a politician left who believes he was targeted, expressed concern that the company would force people to accept compensation rather than run the risk of large legal bills.
"I am concerned by what happens in the background, which is that they try to prevent the truth to come out by everyone offering lots of money", he said.
For years, News International maintained that phone hacking at the tabloid was limited to a handful of individuals ROE, a position seen as an attempt to protect the reputation of those at the top.
Its royal editor and a private investigator were imprisoned in 2007 for hacking voicemail messages on aid to the Royal family of Britain. Editor Andy Coulson resigned, saying that he took ultimate responsibility but that he did not know about the practice.
Coulson later became the spokesman for the Prime Minister, but resigned this position in January as a new police investigation gathered steam.
The case has also clouded the deal from BSkyB, which criticizes the fear would increase the influence of News Corp on the British media. The Government should approve in the coming weeks.
(Written by Georgina Prodhan and Kate Holton;) (Editing by Chris Wickham and Elizabeth Fullerton)
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