Ed Sheeran and co-writers awarded £900,000 in costs over copyright case

Lesser-known songwriters ordered to pay legal costs after court rejected accusations Shape of You ripped off their song

Ed Sheeran and his co-songwriters have been awarded more than 900,000 in legal costs after winning their high court copyright trial over the hit Shape of You earlier this year.

At a trial in March, the singer and his co-writers Snow Patrol's John McDaid and producer Steven McCutcheon faced accusations that their track ripped off a 2015 song by Sami Chokri and Ross O'Donoghue.