A law firm at the heart of Prince Harry’s failed privacy lawsuit against the Daily Mail’s publisher has reportedly gone bankrupt in a major setback.
On Thursday, October 22, The Telegraph reported that Thomson Heath Jenkins has shut down its operations and brought in insolvency practitioners.
An insider described the development as “a shock for staff.”
The firm’s most recent website update was published on October 15 and celebrated its lawyers’ rankings in the Chambers & Partners UK Guide 2027.
For those unfamiliar, the film played a key role in Prince Harry’s high-profile hacking lawsuit against Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers, which also involved other prominent claimants, including Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Sir Elton John, his husband David Furnish, model Liz Hurley, actress Sadie Frost and former Lib Dem justice minister Sir Simon Hughes.
Seven solicitors from Thomson Heath Jenkins worked on the case, with founder and owner Mark Thomson himself coordinating the team and representing Frost and Hughes.
In a major blow in July 2026, the High Court dismissed the Duke of Sussex and the group’s claims, ruling that allegations involving 55 articles relied on inference rather than solid evidence, with the judge describing the case as “speculative.”
Following the verdict, Harry released a scathing statement, calling the 426-page ruling “a complete and obvious whitewash.”
Harry and the group were presented with a bill up to £34.5million in costs after the High Court ruled their “inadequate” case had been “unreasonable to a high degree.”
