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that viewing, downloading, printing the offending Words
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from the Websites by users at the IT Dept and ILL constitute
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“publication” to a third party (“Ground 1”);
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Ground 2 – Google Inc was not the “publisher”: Google Inc
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claimed I have erred in holding there is a good arguable case
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that they are a “publisher” on the basis that Google Search
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may not be just a passive facilitator of information vis-à-vis
the Autocomplete and Related Search features (“Ground 2”);
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(c)
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Ground 3 – failure to consider context: Google Inc claimed
I have erred in failing to consider the neutral context in
which the Words appeared, and in holding there is a good
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arguable case of defamation against Google Inc to seize it of
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jurisdiction under Order 11 rule 1(1)(f) and rule 14 of the
RHC (“Ground 3”).
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In respect of Ground 1, Mr McCoy SC submitted that The
Duke of Brunswisk v Harmer4 was outmoded and Jameel (Yousef) v
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Dow Jones & Co Inc5 relevantly applied, so publication of the alleged
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defamatory material to Yeung’s servants and agents tasked to search/print
the Words (ie the users at the IT Dept and ILL) did not demonstrate
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genuine publication of the alleged defamatory Words in the libel sense to
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third parties, and a stay of proceedings was therefore appropriate. In
advancing such argument for the purpose of the Leave Summons,
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Mr McCoy SC relied on the judgment of McCallum J of the Supreme
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