Action launched over News of the World hacking row
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The shadow Foreign Office minister Chris Bryant and former Scotland Yard deputy assistant commissioner Brian Paddick officially issued judicial review proceedings over the newspaper phone-hacking row yesterday.
Lawyers representing the two and journalist Brendan Montague have asked the courts to decide whether police handled the case properly.
The Met has insisted its investigation was thorough.