Rebekah Vardy dealt major blow after latest Coleen Rooney court battle

A court has ruled that the Wagatha Christie legal costs will not be slashed following an appeal by WAG Rebekah Vardy who had to pick up the majority of Coleen Rooney's bill

Coleen Rooney's legal team were cleared of claims they "knowingly mislead" Rebekah Vardy.

The two WAGS found themselves back in court after Vardy's legal team accused Coleen of "deliberately deceiving" the court over the £1.8 million Wagatha Christie court costs. Former I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! star Rebekah was ordered to pay 90 per cent of Coleen's legal fees after she lost the infamous 2020 libel case.

Meanwhile, Rooney claims she spent a total of £1,833,906.89 to go head-to-head with Rebekah. Jamie Carpenter KC, who is representing Rebekah, claimed the astronomical cost includes a bill for one of Coleen's legal team to stay at the lavish Nobu Hotel. The bill, according to Rebekah's lawyer, included "substantial dinner and drinks charges as well as mini bar charges." Mr Carpenter added that Coleen's team used an unfair approach when adding up all the costs incurred during the trial.

Mr Carpenter accused Coleen of "deliberately deceiving" the court by underestimating costs and the time taken to working on the case. Rebekah's lawyer believclaimses she should not be ordered to pay £117,500 plus VAT for "expert fees", which was invoiced after the budget had reportedly been agreed in 2021.

Robin Dunne, for Mrs Rooney, said that "there has been no misconduct" and that it was "illogical to say that we misled anyone." In a ruling on Tuesday, Senior Costs Judge Andrew Gordon-Saker found "on balance and, I have to say, only just", that Mrs Rooney's legal team had not committed wrongdoing, and therefore it was "not an appropriate case" to reduce the amount of money that Mrs Vardy should pay.

He said that while there was a "failure to be transparent", it was not "sufficiently unreasonable or improper" to constitute misconduct. Coleen's representative, Dunne, argued it was "outrageous" to accuse them of being dishonest and slammed Rebekah's "deplorable conduct", adding that the legal costs would have been lower if "she conducted this litigation appropriately."