Rebekah Vardy has agreed to cover almost £1.2 million of Coleen Rooney’s legal expenses resulting from their libel dispute, as revealed by a judge. Mrs. Rooney managed to accumulate a legal bill exceeding £1.8 million while successfully defending herself against Mrs. Vardy’s claim in the High Court in 2022, as previously disclosed by a specialist costs court. In written statements submitted during a hearing on Tuesday, Mrs. Vardy’s legal representative, Juliet Wells, specified that Mrs. Rooney’s total legal expenses of £1,833,906.89 “have now been resolved at £1,190,000, consisting of approximately £1,125,000 plus interest of roughly £65,000”.
Although there are still outstanding costs to finalize during the hearing, Judge Mark Whalan expressed his satisfaction that both parties had reached an agreement following a challenging legal battle. Wells also mentioned that Mrs. Rooney is currently seeking what she referred to as “assessment costs” totaling over £300,000, which she believes are disproportionately high and suggested capping them at “no more than £100,000”. In her written submissions, Wells criticized Mrs. Rooney’s initial legal bill of £1.8 million as “below standard”, containing expenses related to engaging the press and other unauthorized costs.
Legal representatives for Mrs. Rooney countered in their written statements that Mrs. Vardy was responsible for her own predicament and should reassess her approach. Judge Whalan additionally expressed his satisfaction at the agreement reached by both parties as a “commercial understanding”. Notably, Mrs. Rooney is the wife of former England footballer Wayne Rooney, while Mrs. Vardy is married to his ex-teammate Jamie Vardy, with both women having transitioned into celebrity and television personalities in their own right
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