Actor Jude Law is expected to launch legal proceedings against the News of the
World over claims his phone was hacked.

That's as a High Court judge has ruled four "lead cases" should be heard first to decide how the rest of
the claims continue.

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Meanwhile, Scotland Yard is considering whether to begin a criminal investigation into
allegations police were paid by newspapers for information.

The claim was made by the former editor of the News of the World, Rebekah
Brooks, in 2003.