LONDON— News Corp. 's U.K. newspaper unit is facing 46 more civil lawsuits that have been filed in British court alleging voice-mail interception by the company's now-closed News of the World tabloid, bringing the total number of settled and unresolved cases to more than 100, according to a lawyer representing the bulk of the claimants.

The lawyer, Hugh Tomlinson, told the High Court in London on Friday that the 46 cases are likely not the end of legal action against the company. He noted that London's Metropolitan Police had identified 1,174 likely victims in their investigation of phone hacking by the News of the World.

News Corp.'s U.K. newspaper unit has already settled some 60 cases that victims filed before the court's first deadline last fall, including actions brought by singer Charlotte Church and actor Jude Law.

The civil actions stem from a scandal over illegal voice mail interception at the News of the World that exploded last summer with the revelation that the tabloid hacked the voice-mail box of a murdered teenage girl in pursuit of a scoop.

The trouble has mushroomed in recent months as police have arrested a number of journalists at the Sun, another News Corp. tabloid, on suspicion of bribing police and public officials. Other former News Corp. employees have also been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. No one has been charged with a crime in relation to the police probes, though British prosecutors said this week they were considering criminal charges against 11 people.