[1] In relation to the Claimants' reliance on the PI call data disclosure to support this Proposed Amendment, I refer to paragraph 30(e) of this witness statement.

[2] In fact, the relevant call data had previously been disclosed on 18.05.22 in the claim of Sean Pertwee, over a year earlier.

[3] In relation to the Claimants' reliance on the PI call data disclosure to support this Proposed Amendment, I refer to paragraph 7(a) of this witness statement.

[4] In relation to the Claimants' reliance on CSPoCs of extant or settled MTVIL claims, I repeat paragraph 31(f)(ii) of the witness statement above. In support of the Proposed Amendments, the Claimants are relying (at least in part) on unproved allegations.

1.         [5]        Allegations relating to Nick Parker's use of BDI are not new. A BDI invoice naming Mr Parker was disclosed in the MTVIL on 19.10.18 {L/271/27} and explicitly referenced by Mr Galbraith in his 15th witness statement dated 26.06.20 {F/326}. In this regard, I refer to paragraph 31(c) of the witness statement above.

 

[6] In relation to the Claimants' reliance on the PI call data disclosure, I note that Assured Legal Investigations Ltd invoice naming Mr Webster was disclosed to the Claimants over 2 years prior to the PI call data disclosure. This is set out in more detail at paragraph 31(a)(i) of the witness statement above.

[7] In relation to the Claimants' reliance on the PI call data disclosure, I note that allegations regarding Alex Marunchak and Southern Investigations/Jonathan Rees have been made in the MTVIL and the public domain since at least 2021. This is set out in more detail at paragraph 31(a)(ii) of the witness statement above.

[8] In relation to the Claimants' reliance on the PI call data disclosure, I note that the Claimants also rely on 2 invoices which they state are examples of Mr Athulathmudali using PIs. These invoices were disclosed in the MTVIL over 3 years prior to the PI call data disclosure. This is set out in more detail at paragraph 31(a)(ii) of the witness statement above.

[9] In relation to the Claimants' reliance on the PI call data disclosure, I refer to paragraph 31 of the witness statement above. In summary, in relation to (at least) Guy Basnett, Chris Tate, James Mellor, Neil McLeod and Nadia Cohen, NGN disclosed payments to alleged PIs naming these individuals between May 2017 and April 2020 (between 3.5 and 6 years prior to the PI call data disclosure).

[10] In relation to the Claimants' reliance on the PI call data disclosure, I refer to paragraph 31 of the witness statement above. The Claimants are also seeking to rely on disclosure in support of this Proposed Amendment was disclosed in the MTVIL at least 5 years prior to the PI call data disclosure.

[11] In relation to the Claimants' reliance on the PI call data disclosure, I refer to paragraph 31 of the witness statement above. In summary, in relation to (at least) Jane Atkinson, David Willetts, Gary O'Shea, Alex West, Ryan Sabey, Robin Perrie, John Coles, John Edwards and Mike Dunn, NGN disclosed payments to alleged PIs naming these individuals between May 2017 and December 2021 (between 2 and almost 7 years prior to the PI call data disclosure).

[12] In relation to the Claimants' reliance on the PI call data disclosure, I refer to paragraph 31 of the witness statement above.

[13] In relation to the Claimants' reliance on call data disclosed in the claim of Chris Huhne, I refer to paragraph 31(f) of the witness statement above.

[14] In relation to the Claimants' reliance on the ELI PI call data disclosure, I refer to paragraph 31 of the witness statement above. In support of this Proposed Amendment, the Claimants also rely on ELI invoices naming Mr Clothier which were disclosed in the MTVIL on 25.05.17 {M/0.51/2}{M/0.50/7}, over 6 years prior to the date of the PI call data disclosure.

[15] In relation to the Claimants' reliance on call data disclosed in the claim of Chris Huhne, I refer to paragraph 31(f) of the witness statement above.