The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has dismissed claims against Farrier & Co partner Julian Pike, a solicitor accused of advising News International that it should spy on lawyers who were acting for victims of phone hacking.
Pike, who is Farrer & Co’s head of reputation management, was accused of instructing the publisher of the now-defunct News of the World to spy on high-profile representatives for victims of phone hacking Charlotte Harris and Mark Lewis who worked at Taylor Hampton and Mishcon de Reya respectively at the time.
