Security consultant hired by Foreign Office linked to string of hacking complaints

Lawyers for Stuart Page say no findings of hacking or misuse of private information made against him

A British private investigator and security consultant whose company has just completed a four-year contract to protect the UK's embassy in Tel Aviv is linked to a string of telecommunications hacking complaints dating back more than 20 years, according to high court judgments.

A court judgment that touches on the career history of Stuart Page - the 69-year-old founder of the private security and intelligence firm Page Group - noted last May that the businessman operates in a world of covert surveillance in which agents acquire confidential information unlawfully".