Ryanair, Channel Four to give files to each other

Ryanair has been ordered to give Channel Four TV Corporation documents related to its fuel policy between 2010 and 2012 in advance of the hearing of proceedings brought by the airline over alleged defamation.

The corporation has in turn been ordered to give Ryanair documents relating to investigation, research or inquiry made by it, or by Blakeway Productions Ltd, concerning a programme entitled Secrets from the Cockpit, made by Blakeway and broadcast on August 12, 2013, as part of Channel 4’s Dispatches series.

The Court of Appeal made various orders yesterday in an appeal on pre-trial discovery issues in proceedings by Ryanair alleging it was defamed in the programme. Both sides appealed against various discovery orders made by the High Court.