Law firm involved in Prince Harry’s failed legal battle ‘goes bankrupt’

Thomson Heath Jenkins, the law firm that played a central role in the Duke of Sussex’s unsuccessful privacy action against the publisher of the Daily Mail, is understood to have gone bankrupt.

The firm has shut its doors and brought in insolvency practitioners, with one company insider telling the Telegraph that the development was “a shock for staff”.
The most recent article on the firm’s website, titled “Thomson Heath Jenkins & Associates and its Lawyers once again rank highly in the Chambers & Partners UK Guide 2027”, was published on October 15.

GB News has contacted Thomson Heath Jenkins for comment.
The practice jointly instructed barristers on behalf of all seven celebrity claimants, Prince Harry, Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Sir Elton John, David Furnish, Liz Hurley, Sadie Frost and Sir Simon Hughes, in their high-profile case against Associated Newspapers Limited.
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Thomson Heath Jenkins, the law firm that played a central role in the Duke of Sussex’s unsuccessful privacy action against the publisher of the Daily Mail, is understood to have gone bankrupt | GETTY
Seven solicitors from the firm were involved in the litigation. Its founder, Mark Thomson, who holds full ownership of the company, acted as coordinating solicitor for the entire group while also personally representing Ms Frost and Sir Simon throughout the proceedings.

The group’s case was thrown out following a High Court trial in July, with Mr Justice Nicklin ruling that the entire claim, spanning 55 articles allegedly sourced through phone hacking, blagging and other unlawful methods, was built on inference rather than hard evidence. He dismissed it as “speculative”.