Prescott continues legal fight over hacking after judge rules against him

The judge rejected applications to seek judicial review by the former deputy prime minister and three other applicants. Labour MP Chris Bryant, former Scotland Yard deputy assistant commissioner Brian Paddick and journalist Brendan Montague also claim there were human rights breaches in the police handling of their cases. The attempt by all four to seek judicial review is now expected to come before a judge in open court.

Their legal challenge was triggered by a Metropolitan Police refusal to provide them with all the information relevant to them which was found during a search of the office of jailed private investigator Glenn Mulcaire. Lord Prescott, former MP for Hull East, wants the courts to declare the Met violated his rights under the European Convention on Human Rights by, among other things, failing to inform him that his details had been obtained by hacking, and failing to respond to direct requests for information in documents held by the police.