Pilot's defamation case will be first in which jury assesses damages under 'offer of amends' provision

The jury assessing damages in a case taken by an Aer Lingus pilot against the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) over defamatory emails it sent is expected to go out to consider its decision on Thursday.

Mr Justice Bernard Barton is due to give his charge in the morning to the jury hearing Captain Padraig Higgins' case against the IAA. It follows the completion of speeches to the jury by counsel for both sides today.