Ex-Tory MP Neil Hamilton and his wife Christine have settled their phone-hacking claim against the publishers of the News of the World.
News Group Newspapers apologised and agreed to pay "substantial" damages at the High Court in London.
The couple were among hundreds of victims of the illegal practice which prompted the paper's closure in 2011.
Claims by ex-Blue Peter host John Leslie and the estate of reality TV star Jade Goody were also settled.
The Hamiltons were not at the hearing.
'Unlawful means'Their lawyer, Jeremy Reed, told Mr Justice Voss the couple started proceedings last year "for misuse of private information and breach of confidence in respect of obtaining their call data by unlawful means".
The action related to events that took place in 2001, he said.
Mr Reed told the court News Group "now admits that Mr and Mrs Hamilton's call data was obtained for the News of the World by unlawful means".
Dinah Rose QC, for News Group, said: "NGN is here today through me to offer its sincere apologies to Mr Hamilton and Mrs Hamilton for the damage, as well as the distress, caused to each of them by the obtaining of their private and confidential information.
"NGN acknowledges that the information should never have been obtained in the manner it was, and that NGN is liable to each of them for misuse of private information and for breach of confidence."
Mr Reed told the judge that "in the light of this apology from NGN, Mr Hamilton and Mrs Hamilton consider each of their claims to have been vindicated".
A claim by political adviser Matthew Doyle was also settled.
Duchess apologyThe hearing was the 15th case management conference relating to phone-hacking legal action brought by scores of prominent figures.
Nearly 150 people have settled claims over phone hacking with News Group Newspapers so far.
In February, the Duchess of York received a public apology and undisclosed damages.
Other recently settled cases include those of singer James Blunt, former minister Geoffrey Robinson, actor Christopher Eccleston and entertainer Uri Geller.
Actor Hugh Grant, who has been one of the leading voices in the campaign for tougher press regulation since the hacking scandal emerged, accepted a "substantial sum" in December 2012.
In January last year, actor Jude Law was among 37 people who settled their cases. His £130,000 settlement was the biggest of the 15 awards revealed at the time.
Other amounts included £40,000 to former Labour deputy leader John Prescott, £50,000 to Mr Law's ex-wife Sadie Frost and £30,000 to Labour MP Chris Bryant.
The News of the World was closed in July 2011 following revelations that some of its journalists hacked into the mobile phones of celebrities, politicians and crime victims, including the phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler.
The scandal also led to the establishment of the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics, an MPs' inquiry and the launch of three police investigations into alleged widespread phone hacking and corruption.
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