Osborne CONFIDENTIAL PHONE HACKING LITIGATION We would advise you to retain one of the specialist UK media lawyers who are pursuing cases against News International Limited. We can handle all day to day aspects of coordinating with lawyers, and we know how this should be pursued in a UK context. The firms that have specialised in this are: • Mark Thomson of Atkins Thomson — he acted for Sienna Miller in the first major settlement, and is currently acting for Keira Knightley, Kate Winslet and Marco Pierre White; • Charlotte Harris of Mishcon de Reya — she acted for Max Clifford in what was the first million pound settlement out of court in 2007, and currently represents five of the 24 active cases before the High Court; • Tamsin Allen of Bindmans — she acts for former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott, Members of Parliament Chris Bryant and Tessa Jowell, who have been instrumental in uncovering the evidence against NI, and former Met police commander Brian Paddick. First, the priority is to establish whether your name or telephone numbers appear in the extensive records the Metropolitan Police have recovered from NI and their private investigators, principally Glenn Mulcaire. Senior Met officers have told the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee that 11,000 numbers appear in these records, which correspond to approximately 4,000 names. Of these, the Met have to date only notified 170 probable victims. Our belief is that your details will likely appear in these records. If they do not, it is possible to pursue a case but your claim will not be part of the fast track process currently moving through the High Court. The presiding judge, Mr Justice Vos, has agreed a fast tracked process for claimants whose details appear in these records. As we discussed, there are two possible scenarios open to you — and our belief is that you should reserve judgement as to which is more advantageous until we know more. The first scenario