Ryanair loses defamation case against 3 pilots
Ryanair has lost its High Court action for defamation against 3 pilots. A jury found a Sept 2013 email “Pilot update: what the markets are saying about Ryanair” did mean the airline was guilty of market manipulation. However, in their majority verdict of 9 or more, they found Ryanair had not proved malice by the 3 defendants. As the court had found the update was published on an occasion of qualified privilege, which is only lost where malice is proven, there was no defamation. Ryanair said: “We welcome the jury’s decision that the RPG statements were defamatory. We are disappointed with the ruling on malice and have instructed our lawyers to immediately appeal.” <br/>
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Ryanair loses defamation case against 3 pilots
Ryanair has lost its High Court action for defamation against 3 pilots. A jury found a Sept 2013 email “Pilot update: what the markets are saying about Ryanair” did mean the airline was guilty of market manipulation. However, in their majority verdict of 9 or more, they found Ryanair had not proved malice by the 3 defendants. As the court had found the update was published on an occasion of qualified privilege, which is only lost where malice is proven, there was no defamation. Ryanair said: “We welcome the jury’s decision that the RPG statements were defamatory. We are disappointed with the ruling on malice and have instructed our lawyers to immediately appeal.” <br/>
