Court to decide on timing of Lawlor crash libel cases

THE High Court will decide next Monday whether a number of libel actions by Ukranian woman Julia Kushnir, who survived the Moscow crash in which Liam Lawlor died, should be heard together.

It is now likely the first of four cases against Irish newspapers — against the Sunday World — will not now go ahead in the High Court until next November.

When Ms Kushnir’s case against the Sunday World was mentioned before Ms Justice Elizabeth Dunne yesterday, Counsel for Ms Kushnir Paul O’Higgins SC asked it be given priority in the next legal term.