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Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy’s £320k legal bill battle ends in stalemate

29 May 2024 , 20:04
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Coleen was challenging having to pay 20 per cent of the £320,000 bill racked up by Becky’s team
Coleen was challenging having to pay 20 per cent of the £320,000 bill racked up by Becky’s team

COLEEN Rooney and Rebekah Vardy’s Wag War Two has ended in stalemate.

Their lawyers were told by a High Court judge yesterday he would not give a ruling in a dispute over £320,000 costs.

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Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy’s Wag War Two has ended in stalemateCredit: Paul Edwards
Coleen, above, and Becky's lawyers were told the judge would not give a ruling in a dispute over £320,000 costs
Coleen, above, and Becky's lawyers were told the judge would not give a ruling in a dispute over £320,000 costsCredit: The Mega Agency

Senior costs judge Andrew Gordon-Saker told both legal teams to come to an agreement. But he grumbled: “This could go on and on.”

Coleen, 38, was challenging having to pay 20 per cent of the £320,000 bill racked up by Becky’s team in early 2022.

It came months before their Wagatha Christie libel trial, which Becky lost.

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Coleen and hubby Wayne have spent the past few days at £2,000-a-night Soho Farmhouse in Oxfordshire.

Mum-of-five Becky, 42, is staying in a £7,000-a-night villa in Thailand with her Leicester City star husband Jamie.

Insiders said mum-of-four Coleen was disappointed to hear the judge could not settle the latest row.

A source said: “Coleen never wanted any of this and tried to sort this out privately with Becky years ago. To know it’s still going to drag on is ­disappointing as it’s something she just wants to see the back of.”

If they cannot strike a deal, which is said to boil down to around £10,000, then they may see the fight start up again in October.

That is also when lawyers will face off over Coleen’s £1.8million legal bill — of which Becky has been told to pay 90 per cent.

Coleen’s team had argued that Becky’s team had spent a disproportionate amount of time on the case.

Judge Gordon-Saker agreed and has reduced the number of hours in part of the claim from 243 to 171.

Ellie Henman

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