Bernard Barton

Court dismisses Ryanair appeal against pilot defamation verdict

Appeal arose from 2017 finding that airline had not been defamed by pilots in an email

Coronavirus: Court hearings and trials slow to a trickle

Adjournments and jury member absences bring legal system activity to a near-halt

Ryanair appeals over its failed defamation action against pilots

Airline claimed defendants were suggesting that Ryanair misled investors

Canadian tourist settles action over fall on sight-seeing bus

Susan Riches claimed she suffers migraines from fall on bus near St Patrick’s Cathedral

Man facing legal costs of €1m after jury found he was not assaulted by gardaí

Both gardaí were previously acquitted of alleged assault during Christmas night out in Limerick

Pilot gets €387,000 over defamation by aviation regulator

First time that a jury has been asked to assess damages where defamation was admitted and an apology given

Pilot felt he had ‘large bullseye on back’ after conflict with IAA

Court deciding on damages due over defamation of Aer Lingus pilot in three emails

Irish Aviation Authority apologises to Aer Lingus pilot over defamatory statements

Pilot’s damages case opens before High Court judge and jury

Man’s action over Dublin road collision is adjourned

Court previously heard Victor Olaru deny allegations he was involved in ‘massive fraud’

Jailed asylum seeker turned up for deportation three times

Businessman says State ‘unlawfully’ imprisoned him after co-operation with authorities

Limerick man may face extradition to US on wildlife trafficking charges

Three charges include trading in horns of endangered black rhinoceros

Man awarded €1.1m for wrongful arrest by gardaí over attack on fiancee

Another man was later jailed for seven years for 2012 assault in Carlow town

Carlow man sues gardaí for wrongful arrest over savage attack on fiancée

A student was later jailed for assault for which Gerald Jennings was arrested

Warrant for juror who failed to turn up after lunch break

Judges seeks arrest of woman did not return to hearing of High Court defamation case

Solicitor twice didn’t ‘twig’ his client mentioned previous crashes

Garrett Fortune says a note on two previous accidents was ‘attached separately’

Gerald Kean settles additional claim against newspaper

High Court found last week solicitor had been defamed by article in Irish Daily Star

Ex-Labour TD Joe Costello settles defamation case with Mail on Sunday

Newspaper apologises for ‘distress and embarrassment’

Gerald Kean awarded €160,000 damages for defamation

Jury, in a majority verdict, found article on visit by Criminal Assets Bureau to his Dublin office defamed him

Jury to resume deliberations in defamation action taken by Gerald Kean

Solicitor claims newspaper article wrongly meant he was linked to gangland crime

Gerald Kean felt article on Cab visit to office made him look like ‘a liar’

Jury to begin considering its verdict in defamation case against The Star on Thursday

Solicitor Gerald Kean claims article wrongly linked him to gangland crime

Kean sues for defamation saying he was ‘shell-shocked’ by story on visit by members of Criminal Assets Bureau to his office

Deadline passes for Denis O’Brien to appeal defamation loss

Businessman took unsuccessful action against ‘Sunday Business Post’ over articles

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