Simon Clegg v MGN Limited - Press Release

Simon Clegg the former Chief Executive of the British Olympic Association and Ipswich Town Football Club has today confirmed that he has reached a financial settlement with Mirror Group Newspapers over phone hacking issues dating as far back to the early 2000s. Mirror Group Newspapers have today made a public apology to Mr Clegg in the London High Courtand have also provided him with a personal written apology from the Editor in Chief.

Clegg, who led the six year campaign to persuade the Government and Mayor of London to bid for the 2012 Olympic Games and was Chef de Mission of Team GB at the Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympic Games believed that his phone was subjected to a number of attacks over a significant period of time. Despite initiating an approach to the Police after the launch of Operation Weeting in 2012 it was only some time later that the Metropolitan Police advised him that his name and mobile number had been found in the notebook of self-confessed hacker Dan Evans, a previously employee of Mirror Group Newspapers.

Clegg, represented by top London lawyers Hamlins, said "I am pleased and relieved that this matter has finally come to a close. It's been a long and sometimes difficult road, though necessary given my privacy had been illegally compromised. As well as a financial settlement I have also accepted both the public and private apologies offered by Mirror Group Newspapers. Since I consider this matter now closed I will not be making any further statements related to this case." Clegg's case against another newspaper group continues".

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