Former News International legal manager Tom Crone advised the company about phone-hacking on “one occasion” prior to the 2006 arrest of News of the World (NoW) former royal editor Clive Goodman, it has emerged.

Crone’s revelation was made yesterday (13 December) as he gave evidence to the Leveson Inquiry alongside former NoW lawyers Farrer & Co partner Julian Pike and former Harbottle & Lewis managing partner Lawrence Abramson.