A senior Sunday newspaper journalist has been suspended over phone hacking claims involving the actress Sienna Miller.
News of the World executive Ian Edmondson was suspended after the new claims emerged.
A document lodged in the High Court links Edmondson with the interception of voicemail messages from the phones of Miller and Jude Law.
Solicitor Mark Thomson has said paperwork and other records seized by police from private investigator Glenn Mulcaire implied Edmondson was linked to the hacking.
Mulcaire and former News of the World reporter Clive Goodman were jailed at the Old Bailey in January 2007 after they admitted intercepting messages.
A News of the World spokeswoman said: "A serious allegation has been made about the conduct of a member of the News of the World staff.
"We have followed our internal procedures and we can confirm that this person was suspended from active duties just before Christmas."
Miller is suing the News of the World's parent company and Mulcaire, accusing them of breaching her privacy and of harassment.
