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News... Email Print Related News News of the World admits phone hacking liability Fri, Apr 8 2011 UK says Murdoch's BSkyB deal unconnected to hacking Fri, Apr 8 2011 News International names 8 hacking victims Fri, Apr 8 2011 News Int liability admission under 10 cases-source Fri, Apr 8 2011 WRAPUP 2-Austria's AMAG, Perform Group complete IPO pricing Thu, Apr 7 2011 Analysis & Opinion The SEC comes round to private markets Press faces royal wedding day dilemmas Related Topics Entertainment » Fashion » People » Stocks Actress Sienna Miller and British politician Tessa Jowell in a combination image. Credit: Reuters/Files By Tim Castle LONDON | Sat Apr 9, 2011 10:19am EDT LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's UK news arm faces a flood of fresh compensation claims and could be exposed to criminal prosecution after admitting its role in a long-running phone hacking scandal, lawyers said on Saturday. News International, parent company of Britain's top-selling News of the World tabloid, said on Friday it would admit liability and pay compensation in eight cases -- although many more believe they were targeted. The admission was an about-turn from the media group's previous denial that it knew journalists were hacking the phones of the royal family, politicians, celebrities and sports stars, blaming a handful of "rogue reporters" for the scandal. Those who will receive an "unreserved apology" from the group, part of Murdoch's global media empire News Corp, include actress Sienna Miller and politician Tessa Jowell. "There will be a massive flood of people contacting lawyers," said lawyer Charlotte Harris of law firm Mishcon de Reya. Harris, acting for five of the 24 individuals with active court cases against the News of the World, told Reuters some of her clients had already been contacted by News International and were considering their options. "People (whose phones) have been intercepted, people who have had their privacy infringed, on case by case basis must be given proper compensation," Harris said. Analysts said the media group's move was an attempt to draw a line under the affair and limit potential financial costs as News Corp tries to push ahead with its planned $14 billion purchase of British satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB. Settling all the cases could cost the group as much as 40 million pounds ($66 million), said media lawyer Rod Dadak, a partner of law firm Lewis Silkin which represents a number of potential phone hacking litigants. News International has declined to comment on media reports it has set aside half that amount, 20 million pounds, for compensation payments. "It's a black hole. So 20 million pounds may be substantially too little, it could be double that," Dadak told Reuters, noting that the media group has already made individual settlements in the affair of up to a million pounds each. Dadak said News International was now itself at risk of a corporate criminal prosecution, including for potential offences under Britain's Regulation of Investigatory Powers act, which covers illegal phone interception. "This is Murdoch's Watergate because the cat is out of the bag. Two or three people have taken the rap but the powers-that-be must have known or turned a blind eye to what was going on. It couldn't be more serious," Dadak said. Police have reopened an investigation into the hacking scandal and earlier this week arrested two journalists, former senior News of the World editor Ian Edmondson and a man identified as the paper's chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck. 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