Pilots urge Court of Appeal to uphold decision in Ryanair defamation case
Three pilots who were found not to have defamed Ryanair in an email circular have urged the Court of Appeal to uphold a High Court jury’s decision in the case. Evert Van Zwol, John Goss and Ted Murphy. members of the Ryanair Pilots Group, emerged victorious after a 7-week trial in 2017 in which they contested Ryanair’s action seeking damages against them. The airline had claimed that, in issuing an RPG email in 2013 entitled “Pilot update, what the markets are saying about Ryanair” to 2,289 Ryanair pilots, the 3 had defamed the airline. Ryanair has urged the CoA to overturn the jury verdict on grounds including the trial judge had irredeemably infected the jury’s thinking in a ruling during the trial. That ruling related to an email that was not disclosed in advance of the trial as required by court rules. <br/>
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Pilots urge Court of Appeal to uphold decision in Ryanair defamation case
Three pilots who were found not to have defamed Ryanair in an email circular have urged the Court of Appeal to uphold a High Court jury’s decision in the case. Evert Van Zwol, John Goss and Ted Murphy. members of the Ryanair Pilots Group, emerged victorious after a 7-week trial in 2017 in which they contested Ryanair’s action seeking damages against them. The airline had claimed that, in issuing an RPG email in 2013 entitled “Pilot update, what the markets are saying about Ryanair” to 2,289 Ryanair pilots, the 3 had defamed the airline. Ryanair has urged the CoA to overturn the jury verdict on grounds including the trial judge had irredeemably infected the jury’s thinking in a ruling during the trial. That ruling related to an email that was not disclosed in advance of the trial as required by court rules. <br/>
