Tribune receiver must provide security of costs in action against IMOS over newspaper cover

THE receiver to the Sunday Tribune must provide security of costs in his legal action over the publication by the Irish Mail On Sunday (IMOS) of an alleged fake copy of the Tribune just days after the paper went into receivership, a judge ruled yesterday.

Ms Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan said while it had been accepted receiver Jim Luby would not be able to pay the costs of the Commercial Court proceedings, he had been appointed to pursue the action by a division of Independent News and Media (INM), which was a significant commercial operation.

She was therefore making an order that Mr Luby provide security of costs and she adjourned fixing what they should be set at to April 4. She suggested the parties could come to some agreement on the matter before then.