Judge queries missing emails in multimillion euro legal row

Justice Denis McDonald referred to what he described as the 'surprising' disappearance of emails in a complex multimillion euro legal row between high profile Celtic Tiger architect Jerry Ryan and businessman Barry English

Jerry Ryan

A High Court judge has queried what he described as the “surprising” disappearance of emails in a complex multimillion euro legal row between high profile Celtic Tiger architect Jerry Ryan and businessman Barry English.

Justice Denis McDonald raised the concern during a pre-trial discovery battle between the litigants last week when it emerged emails deemed “highly relevant” to English’s defence had not been archived by Ryan’s architectural practice. The court heard that other ...