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Businessman wrongly identified as tax defaulter awarded €75,000 in defamation case
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Court of Appeal upholds the decision to award a businessman €75,000 in damages after he was incorrectly identified as a tax defaulter by a newspaper, the original High Court ruling having found that the newspaper article was not published on an occasion of qualified privilege as it contained fundamentally inaccurate information about the businessman's tax affairs; and the court also addressed a secondary issue regarding the level of costs awarded, ultimately granting the businessman High Court costs due to the exceptional nature of the legal question involved and the marginal difference between the jury's award and the threshold for High Court costs.
Defamation - qualified privilege - Defamation Act 2009, section 18(2) - tax defaulter - damages - High Court, Court of Appeal - jury award - costs - exceptional legal question - publication - accuracy - businessman - newspaper - appeal - judgment.
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