Meghan Markle has 'replaced David Sherborne' as her lawyer in her case against the Mail on Sunday. Mr Sherborne recently represented Johnny Depp against News Group Newspapers, where the actor faced his ex Amber Heard at the High Court.
Mr Sherborne's colleague Justin Rushbrooke confirmed that he is now working with Markle to The Sun, and appeared at the l atest preliminary hearing in London today.
Mr Rushbrooke previously stood in for Sherborne when he was tied up with Depp's defamation case in July. The barristers, who both work out of chambers 5RB, have been described as 'chalk and cheese'.
Mirror Online has contacted 5RB for comment. Markle is suing Associated newspapers over an article that printed parts of a "private and
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