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Market collapses for share trader’s defamation claims: Jones & Australian Shareholder Centre PL v Aussie Networks PL & Eiby [2018] QSC 219
The first defendant owned and ran an internet forum, Aussie Stock Forums, used to discuss topics related to the stock market and investments. The second defendant was its sole director and shareholder.…
November 12, 2018 -
Barrister’s internet defamation: He fought the law and the law won: Dods v McDonald [2016] VSC 201
During the evening of 11 December 2008, Tyler Cassidy, a 15 year old boy had stolen two large knives from Kmart at Northcote Plaza Shopping Centre, near All Nations Park. He moved…
May 10, 2016 -
Artists’ appeal upheld, record verdict set aside and re-trial ordered: Vakras v Cripps [2015] VSCA 193
In 2014, a gallery owner, Raymond Cripps was awarded a record $420,000 defamation verdict in the Victorian Supreme Court. The verdict was made by His Honour Justice Kyrou against two surrealist artists,…
August 3, 2015 -
Google Australia not a publisher: Rana v Google Australia Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 60
In asserting that it is not a publisher of its search engine results, Google has at last had a win, of sorts, in the Federal Court. But the win was not as…
March 28, 2013 -
Google wins but loses again, now in UK: Tamiz v Google Inc [2013] EWCA Civ 68
Payam Tamiz, an English Conservative politician who had been running for the local elections in Thanet, sued Google for anonymous comments on a blog that was created on Google’s blogger platform, “London…
February 28, 2013 -
Google not liable for blogger.com: Tamiz v Google Inc and Google UK Limited [2012] EWHC 449 (QB)
In blogger.com, Google provides a platform on the internet for bloggers all around the world, to write what they want for free. These blogs now contain more than a trillion words and…
March 13, 2012 -
Hyperlink is not publication in Canada: Crookes v Newton 2011 SCC 47
The Full Court of the Canadian Supreme Court recently considered a simple question, but one which will have a profound impact on communications in the common law world: Is a hyperlink a…
February 17, 2012 -
Chatroom defamation: Don’t defend and down $30,000: Leech v Green & Gold Energy Pty Ltd [2011] NSWSC 999
The plaintiff asserted he was defamed on a blog, the defendant did not appear at Court and judgment was entered in default. On assessment of the damages, which was still done unopposed,…
October 20, 2011 -
Blog debate defamation: Baglow v Smith 2011 ONSC 5131, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Canada
Omar Khadr is a Canadian David Hicks. As a 15 year old, he was captured by American troops in Afghanistan, and he now lives in Guantanamo Bay. In the Canadian political “blogosphere”,…
October 17, 2011