Rebekah Vardy's latest court battle against Coleen Rooney branded 'fishing expedition' Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy's lawyers have been back in court.
In a three-day hearing last October, lawyers for Mrs Vardy argued that the sum she is required to pay should be reduced due to what they said was "serious misconduct" by Mrs Rooney's legal team, who allegedly "deliberately understated" her costs.
Lawyers for Mrs Vardy – the wife of Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy – are asking the court in London to order Mrs Rooney's team to hand over "privileged" documents, and details about her claim for VAT.
In a ruling in October, Senior Costs Judge Andrew Gordon-Saker found "on balance and, I have to say, only just", that Mrs Rooney's legal team had not committed wrongdoing, and therefore it was "not an appropriate case" to reduce the amount of money that Mrs Vardy should pay.
The London hearing was told that Mrs Rooney's claimed legal bill – £1,833,906.89 – was more than three times her "agreed costs budget of £540,779.07", which Mr Carpenter said was "disproportionate".
