Rebekah Vardy loses court appeal over Coleen Rooney's £1.8m legal costs

Rebekah Vardy has lost her latest appeal regarding the legal costs stemming from her high-profile Wagatha Christie libel case against Coleen Rooney. A High Court judge ruled that Rooney's lawyers did not commit misconduct in their cost reporting, dismissing Vardy's claims that they had intentionally understated expenses to inflate her liability. Vardy, who was ordered to pay 90 percent of Rooney's legal costs amounting to approximately £1.8 million after losing the libel case in 2022, argued that the costs were excessive and improperly presented. However, the judge found no evidence of wrongdoing by Rooney's legal team, resulting in Vardy's appeal being rejected. This decision follows a series of legal battles where Vardy's credibility was significantly undermined, including accusations of her deleting crucial evidence. The ongoing disputes have left Vardy facing substantial financial repercussions from the case.