Paper sued for printing Sunday Tribune fake

THE Irish Mail on Sunday newspaper is being sued at the Commercial Court over its alleged “brazen and outrageous” publication last month of a fake copy of the Sunday Tribune newspaper just days after a receiver was appointed to it.

John Gordon, counsel for Jim Luby, the receiver appointed to Tribune Newspapers plc on February 1, said his side would be seeking damages, including “exemplary damages” over this “direct attack” on the goodwill of the Sunday Tribune.

This was probably the “most outrageous” example of a “passing off” matter to have come before the courts in recent years and the IMOS had outlined no defence to it, counsel said.