ITV 'ordered to pay £4m over aborted Peter Andre and Kerry Katona shows' by judge

Cable channel ITV2 will pay more than £4 million damages to a company run by a reality television show producer after a High Court dispute involving singer Peter Andre, a lawyer says.

A judge had awarded damages to Mr H TV – a company owned by producer Neville Hendricks, which produced a series of reality television programmes featuring Mr Andre – last week but a figure was not revealed.

Lawyer Mark Bateman, who represented Mr Hendricks and Mr H TV, said Mr Justice Flaux had now approved damages of more than £4 million.

Mr Bateman, a partner at law firm Archerfield Partners, said when interest was added the figure would be around £5.5 million.

Mr Justice Flaux had described Mr Andre, 42, as “an extremely unsatisfactory witness” in a ruling on the case.

He said on some issues Mr Andre's evidence was “not truthful”.

Mr Andre insisted that he had told the truth.

The legal battle had been over an ITV2 production agreement for shows involving both Mr Andre and singer Kerry Katona.