Paul Lunt, partner and head of litigation at law firm Brabners which represented Coleen, said: "The High Court has today decided that Rebekah Vardy must pay Coleen Rooney's legal costs on an indemnity basis - the highest basis that the court could order.
"The evidence... clearly shows, in my view, that Mrs Vardy knew of and condoned this behaviour, actively engaging in it by directing Ms Watt to the private Instagram account, sending her screenshots of Mrs Rooney's posts, drawing attention to items of potential interest to the press, and answering additional queries raised by the press via Ms Watt," said Mrs Justice Steyn.
Rebekah's lawyer Jamie Carpenter KC called this a "kitchen sink" approach, criticising costs for a lawyer staying "at the Nobu Hotel, incurring substantial dinner and drinks charges as well as mini bar charges" and saying there were more than £120,000 costs "of which Mrs Rooney has no entitlement".
The WAG continues to challenge the costs claims and today, her lawyers asked the court to order Coleen's team to hand over "privileged" documents, and details about her claim for VAT, with Wayne Rooney's wife's lawyers saying this was a "fishing expedition".
With fans hooked to every minute of proceedings, the 2022 trial didn't go Rebekah's way when Coleen's legal team managed to uncover messages between the WAG and her agent Caroline Watt, despite Caroline claiming she had dropped her phone into the North Sea on a family holiday.
