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If you look up the many settlements made by newspapers in the UK concerning hacking phones etc you will see 'damages'. To give one example: "Rather than fight
by shellac 5y ago
If you look up the many settlements made by newspapers in the UK concerning hacking phones etc you will see 'damages'. To give one example:
"Rather than fight the claims against the Sun in court, when they would have been set out in more detail in front of a judge, Murdoch’s company has instead agreed to pay substantial damages to settle the case. "
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jun/10/sun-publisher-pays-former-mp-simon-hughes-phone-hacking-damages-after-tabloid-outed https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jun/10/sun-publisher-...
- GavinMcG 5y agoYes, "agreed...to settle the case" tells us what's going on there. Without such language, we'd be left with the default understanding. As in the headline.