Jude Law has claimed treatment of him "amounted to harassment" as he accepted damages for phone hacking.

The British star is one of many high-profile victims of the News of the World scandal which led to the British tabloid being shut down last year.

The actor added that "no aspect of [his] private life was safe" in a statement released today, as it was revealed he was awarded 130,000 in compensation.

"Over a number of years, the News of the World conducted an illegal campaign of hacking and surveillance against me.

"For several years leading up to 2006, I was suspicious about how information concerning my private life was coming out in the press I started to become distrustful of people close to me," he said in an official statement.

"I was truly appalled by what I was shown by the police and by what my lawyers have discovered. It is clear that I, along with many others, was kept under constant surveillance for a number of years. No aspect of my private life was safe from intrusion by News Group newspapers, including the lives of my children and the people who work for me."

Jude added that he is glad that the publishing house has finally admitted that what they did was wrong and apologised for their intrusion into his personal matters.

He hopes this will never happen again.

"They have also finally admitted that what they did to me personally amounted to harassment and that it should never have happened," he said. "They have accepted that the information published in the News of the World articles and The Sun articles that I complained about was private. I hope this means that they will never invade my privacy again.

Other famous victims of the hacking scandal include Law's ex-wife Sadie Frost, TV star Dannii Minogue and sports personality Ashley Cole.

Altogether, 36 damages claims have been settled.

"The claimants now have some clarity about what happened to them in the years between 2000 and 2005 and satisfaction that justice has finally been done," lawyer Tamsin Allen told British newspaper The Mirror. "Many of them have wondered for years how tabloid newspapers were able to obtain secret personal information about them, even suspecting their closest friends and relatives. Lives have been severely affected by this cavalier approach to private information and the law."

The on-going Leveson Inquiry in London is looking into allegations of phone hacking against several UK newspapers. Law's former partner Sienna Miller, Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan are among those to have given evidence at it.