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Web Summit co-founder accuses firm of facilitating ‘flagrant smear’

Legal correspondence details that an allegedly defamatory Slack message was sent to staff ‘on the direct instructions’ of Paddy Cosgrave

The co-founders of Web Summit, the technology conference, are embroiled in a hotly contested legal dispute and have been engaged in a lengthy and ongoing discovery process. Picture: Getty

Business Post subscribers can read:

• Why Paddy Cosgrave’s counsel expressed ‘regret’ to High Court

• Who David Kelly has hired to conduct a valuation of Web Summit

• The next steps in the long-running legal row