News International Misled Parliament About Phone Hacking

A News International lawyer said he knew that the company was lying to Parliament about its involvement with the phone-hacking scandal but that he kept quiet due to “client confidentiality,” the Guardian reports.

Julian Pike, a partner at Farrer & Co, told Parliament that it wasn’t just a “rogue reporter,” as News International had maintained, but that there was “a powerful case” that three other journalists were involved.

Pike also told MPs in the House of Commons that Farrer & Co.

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