2009–2011 News of the World phone hacking scandal investigations the next several years. The case had been expected to reveal the details of previous settlements the paper had made, including the £1 million spent in 2009, settling with three phone hacking victims, and the unfair dismissal claim won by Clive Goodman. Clifford had won court rulings in February earlier that year that meant that the "News of the World" would have had to disclose previously secret information regarding which journalists were involved in hacking voicemail messages. A judge ruled that Glenn Mulcaire had to disclose the names of all the journalists who targeted Clifford and also those who received
News media phone hacking scandal Hinton said, "I believe absolutely that Andy Coulson did not have knowledge of what was going on." Asked whether Goodman was the only person who knew about the phone hacking, Hinton replied that he believed Goodman was. In addition to Hinton, the Committee heard from Stuart Kuttner, managing editor of the "News of the World", Tom Crone, legal manager of News International, Colin Myler, editor of "News of the World", and Andy Coulson, former editor of "News of the World". All of them stated there had been a thorough investigation of phone hacking and no evidence had ever been found