Denis O'Brien wins discovery order in Red Flag case

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Denis O'Brien secured a High Court discovery order on 13 December 2016 in his conspiracy and defamation proceedings against Red Flag Consulting. The ruling required disclosure of certain documents while protecting the identity of Red Flag's client. The court held that relevant and necessary documents should be discoverable, but ordered client-identifying material to be redacted. Red Flag had admitted producing the dossier but did not admit its publication, and denied defamation and conspiracy.