THE Wagatha Christie libel fight between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy has made legal history — with the judgment shaping case law.
Decisions made in the have been used by a judge to settle a row between siblings.
It was applied to Andrew Wills’ legal fight with sister Bernadette Rogers who wanted £135,000 for looking after their dying mum.
Judge Paul Matthews urged them to settle their dispute by mediation before drawing on judge Mrs Justice Steyn’s verdict.
He said he was allowed to draw an inference about a participant if they had failed to provide documents which should have been disclosed.
In his judgment, he noted: “Steyn J applied the principle in the case of Vardy v Rooney (2022) where an order was made for the inspection of the telephone of the claimant’s witness, but the phone was allegedly lost overboard whilst on a boat trip a few days later.”;
Judge Matthews was referring to , whose phone was apparently days after 39-year-old Coleen’s lawyers asked to search it for chats.
Mrs Justice Steyn later about , this week with footballer husband Wayne.
The couple were spotted at the Cala Bassa Beach Club in, with sporting a full beard and a black baseball cap.
