Ryanair Lawsuits

[Flytiger]

Ryanair has apparently sued two English newspapers and apparently may be suing Channel 4 Dispatches.

Ryanair sues Daily Mail and Daily Mirror publishers over safety claims | Media | The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/aug/16/ryanair-sues-daily-mail-daily-mirror)

Ryanair to sue Channel 4 over Dispatches claims | Media | theguardian.com (http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/aug/14/ryanair-sues-channel-4-dispatches)

Now that Ryanair has elected to make these matter public ones, in public courts interesting it will be when the documents are disclosed in those proceedings.

Interesting and separate issues to note however is fact that England is paradise for suing people so much that New York and then some year later US Congress banned libel judgements from English courts from being enforce there (in NY and then whole of US).

When documents disclosed in proceeding court and evidence given all becomes public knowledge.

Make your predictions now discuss this big event in aviation history. Interesting one it is to take head on or tackle defamatory allegedly publications, rather than tackle perceived safety issues or public discussion thereof which is different issue entirely, by using court process in courts that US courts wont even recognize judgements from.

[Flytiger]

But lawsuits filed in Ireland and Northern Ireland not England, because home turf I think. Not understanding why exactly why.

[16024]

Whilst it would be nice to see ryr and the Daily (hate) Mail knocking lumps out of each other until they were both skint, a cynic might point to the policy of "Ryanair does not comment on pending lawsuits" as a way of avoiding making any kind of detailed statement until it all goes away. I don't necessarily take that view...
Ryr seem to think you should pay for everything, so why should speech be free, (when it could be subject to admin and credit card fees!).

Take a ringside seat.

"Crackerjack, Kia Ora, gannet ripple..."

[maxred]

But lawsuits filed in Ireland and Northern Ireland not England, because home turf I think. Not understanding why exactly why.

Jurisdiction, Jurisdiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurisdiction)

[Walnut]

As the Daily Mail & Channel 4 are English companies surely that is where the dispute should be filed, if you want to get any enforcement. One thing for sure the discovery phase is going to be facinating.

[irishmusico]

This may be the straw that breaks the camels back. McDonalds used to sue everybody and everybody until the Mclible case. Now you never hear a peep out of them. Scientology sued everybody who stood up to them now they are being sued left right and center. Maybe its Micks turn to find out that you cannot bully all of the people all of the time.

[F-16GUY]

Anybody who can provide a link to the Channel 4 program? For some reason I am not able to see it om 4 on demand since I'm not in the UK.

[ayroplain]

I'm not sure you can compare the two. If Ryanair were to lose these cases the courts could be deemed to, in effect, be making a statement that the official aviation regulatory authority (ies), who clearly have no issues with safety and have reiterated this in the past week, have been negligent and are not doing their jobs correctly.

[Speed of Sound]

the courts could be deemed to, in effect, be making a statement that the official aviation regulatory authority (ies)

They could be deemed to have done that, but in reality all they would be deeming is that Ryanair's claim that either the Daily Mail or Channel Four had defamed their reputation was unproven. :cool:

[SummerLightning]

F-16 Guy, try this: Dispatches: Ryanair: Caught Napping - YouTube

I am not associating myself or pprune with the views expressed, which are entirely those of the programme makers.

[Kelly Hopper]

That is NOT it. It has not yet been posted on youtube!

[F-16GUY]

Yes, sorry for not beeing more specific. I meant the program secrets from the cockpit. It seems that there are a lot of programs regarding Ryanair.

[cockney steve]

AIUI, In English cases, the plaint is normally filed in the jurisdiction of the plaintiff.
The defendant has the right to ask the hearing to be moved to "his patch"
Of course, should this happen and the defendant lose, he'll likely be lumbered with all the Plaintiffs travel and accommodation as well.
No TV so not seen the controversial programme, from the discussion on here, it would seem that the big stick is being used to supress dissent.


I hope the sacked former employee is awarded enough recompense to afford a long and happy retirement ;)