Rory Best to pay damages to Paddy Jackson’s lawyers

In 2018 Rory Best attended the high-profile trial in Belfast where Mr Jackson was ultimately acquitted of rape. File photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/ReutersFormer Ireland and Ulster rugby captain Rory Best is to pay “substantial” undisclosed damages to a team of defence lawyers over an interview he gave about an ex-teammate’s rape trial, the High Court in Belfast heard on Tuesday.

Defamation proceedings brought by the legal team who successfully acted for Mr Jackson centred on comments made in that interview. His senior counsel, Gerald Simpson QC, instructed by Fergal McGoldrick of Carson McDowell, said: “On January 22nd, 2020 I gave an interview to Newstalk’s Off the Ball.

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