Mrs Vardy was told she must pay Coleen Rooney a further £100,000 in legal costs earlier this month
Rebekah Vardy's lawyers have confirmed she has launched an appeal bid against a ruling on costs as the feud over the Wagatha Christie libel battle continues. In 2019, Coleen Rooney accused Mrs Vardy of leaking her private information to the press on social media. Mrs Vardy sued her for libel, but Mrs Justice Steyn found in July 2022 that the allegation was “substantially true”. The judge later ordered Mrs Vardy to pay 90% of Mrs Rooney’s costs, including an initial payment of £800,000.
Court documents show that Mrs Vardy has launched an appeal bid, which her lawyers Kingsley Napley confirmed related to the misconduct ruling. The previous hearing in London 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 Jamie Carpenter KC, for Mrs Vardy, said was “disproportionate”.
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