Coleen Rooney secured a discounted room rate for her lawyer at a five-star hotel for the same price as a Premier Inn, the High Court has been told. Paul Lunt, a solicitor for the Liverpool-based firm Brabners,

Vardy’s solicitor has claimed Rooney included “extraordinary” costs in her bill, including food, drinks and minibar charges.

Coleen Rooney has disputed "misleading" claims made in the High Court by Rebekah Vardy, who is challenging the "sheer magnitude" of costs she has to pay the former as a result of 2022's Wagatha libel trial.

In a ruling on Tuesday, Senior Costs Judge Andrew Gordon-Saker found "on balance and, I have to say, only just", that Mrs Rooney's legal team had not committed wrongdoing

Barristers for Mrs Rooney and Mrs Vardy returned to the High Court in a dispute over how much Mrs Vardy should pay in legal costs after she lost their libel battle in 2022.