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Tamiz v Google Inc

[2013] EWCA Civ 68; [2013] 1 WLR 2151
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Year2013
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A blog-host platform provider is not a primary publisher but may become a secondary publisher of defamatory comments after notification and a reasonable time to remove them; a claim may nonetheless be struck out as an abuse where damage is trivial.

Area of Law

d

Related Cases

Godfrey v Demon Internet Ltd [2001] QB 201; [1999] 4 All ER 342; [1999] EWHC QB 244
Mandla v Dowell Lee [1983] 2 AC 548; [1982] UKHL 7; [1983] ICR 385; [1983] 2 WLR 620
Byrne v Deane [1937] 1 KB 818; [1937] 2 All ER 204 (CA)

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