The company's alleged activity includes having listening devices secretly placed inside people's cars and homes.
Sir Elton John is among several public figures taking legal action against the publisher of the Daily Mail over what they call "gross breaches of privacy".
"These unsubstantiated and highly defamatory claims - based on no credible evidence - appear to be simply a fishing expedition by claimants and their lawyers, some of whom have already pursued cases elsewhere."Sadie Frost won damages from Mirror Group Newspapers in 2015 over phone-hacking "The payment of police officials, with corrupt links to private investigators, for inside, sensitive information
Hamlins added: "It is apparent to these individuals that the alleged crimes listed above represent the tip of the iceberg - and that many other innocent people remain unknowing victims of similar terrible and reprehensible covert acts.
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