Metropolitan Police role in the news media phone hacking scandal from Mulcaire's premises in August 2006 was the "Transcript for Nevile" email. The names appearing on this document indicated that "News of the World" journalists in addition to Clive Goodman were involved in phone hacking. The Met acknowledged the existence of this document 1 November 2007 in response to inquiries related to the civil claim brought against "News of the World" by Gordon Taylor. The court ordered the Met to turn the document over to Taylor on 7 December 2007 and Farrer and Co, which then represented News Group Newspapers, received a copy by 2 April 2008. When the chairman
2009–2011 News of the World phone hacking scandal investigations transcripts of the messages. With the eventual settlement, however, the information was not made public. A report aired on Channel 4's "Dispatches" in October included remarks made by an unnamed source said to have been a former senior journalist at the "News of the World" who had worked alongside Coulson. The source alleged that Coulson had personally listened to messages obtained through phone hacking. In December 2010, Coulson – while under oath as a witness in "HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan" – denied any knowledge of phone hacking at the "News of the World" or that he knew the