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Katherine Heslop

Who is Coleen Rooney's Wagatha barrister and lawyer to the stars David Sherborne?

From sensational claims to the designer gear Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy have been wearing to court each day, the Wagatha Christie libel battle has provided extraordinary reading over the past week.

And one man at the centre of it is Coleen's barrister, David Sherborne, who grilled Rebekah Vardy, 40, as she took the stand in the Royal Courts of Justice (RCJ) last week.

Rebekah cried at several moments, while being probed on her relationship with her former agent Caroline Watt and the fake posts Coleen posted on her personal Instagram, which are at the heart of the costly legal fight.

David Sherborne has represented many high profile names (WireImage)

We've taken a look at the barrister, often pictured walking behind Coleen, 36, and Wayne as they exit the RCJ, and his starry list of celeb clients, from Elton John, Harry Styles and Johnny Depp.

According to the website 5RB, Sherborne studied classics at Oxford was called to the bar in 1992.

He specialises in privacy, confidentiality and defamation law, and is described as a "leading barrister in the field of media and communication."

David Sherborne with his celeb client Johnny Depp (WILL OLIVER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

The Guardian reports that in 2003 and as a junior he helped win the landmark privacy case for for Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones against Hello! for publishing unauthorised pictures of their wedding.

He also represented celebs suing NGN over the phone hacking scandal at the now defunct News of The World, including JK Rowling and Hugh Grant. In the Leveson inquiry, he also represented the McCann family and the Dowlers.

In 2013, Sherborne succeeded in getting popstar Harry Styles a court order that barred paparazzi from following him or hanging outside his home in London.

David Sherborne questions client Coleen Rooney at the Royal Courts of Justice (PA)

He also won injunctions for Lilly Allen, Amy Winehouse, Cheryl Cole and Sienna Miller against the paparazzi.

The barrister to the stars also represented Hollywood actor Johnny Depp in 2020, in the actor's unsuccessful libel claim against the NGN, which publishes The Sun.

Depp once even greeted Sherbourne with a hug outside court.

It's not just celebs Mr Sherborne has worked for, but royalty too, having represented Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, for a short time in her legal battle against the Mail on Sunday.

David Sherborne with Sienna Miller (WireImage)
David Sherborne (back right), represented Johnny Depp (PA)

He has been married twice, and made headlines when it was revealed that he had been paid £220,000 of taxpayers' money for the Leveson case.

Other high profile names he has represented include Kate Moss, Diana Princess of Wales and Sir Paul McCartney.

Sherborne is set to give his closing speech today, as the Wagatha Christie trial nears its conclusion. A date for the judgement, by Justice Steyn has not been set yet.

Rebekah has taken Coleen to court for defamation, after Coleen claimed in 2019 that she was leaking posts from her personal Instagram profile to The Sun newspaper.

Rebekah vehemently denies this allegation.

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