Posts Tagged "Defamation"

February 12, 2015 (Deacons) — In the recent case of Jigme Tsewang Athoup v Brightec Ltd & Anor, Hong Kong’s High Court (Court of First Instance) held that “reportage” is available in Hong Kong to a journalist or publisher, as a defence to an action for defamation.  Reportage is the neutral reporting of the fact that statements have been made by and which are attributed to another person, not the reporting of statements as a...

Oct. 30, 2014 — A Hong Kong court has granted permission to Google to appeal against an earlier ruling that Hong Kong has jurisdiction to hear entertainment tycoon Albert Yeung Sau-shing’s defamation lawsuit against the US technology giant. The judge ruled that the tech giant’s libel fight with Yeung should go to a higher court to bring ‘enlightenment’ to an ‘uneasy area’ of defamation law....

Oct. 9, 2014 — The PRC Supreme People’s Court has issued a new judicial interpretation of regulations to provide standardized rules for the handling of trials involving online torts, including defamation and privacy. Xinhua story here Commentary here English and Chinese text of Supreme People’s Court Regulations Concerning Some Questions of Applicable Law in Handling Civil Dispute Cases involving the Use of...

A Hong Kong court has ruled that local tycoon Albert Yeung can sue Google for defamation over the “autocomplete” function of its search engine that suggested links to organized crime. Decision could have far-reaching consequences for global tech giant. (This updates reference on page 45 of book.) Court of First Instance decision, Yeung v Google, can be found here. “Hong Kong court rules tycoon can sue Google over...

University of Hong Kong Professor Rick Glofcheski recently discussed three cases since 2012 that are helping to shape defamation law in Hong Kong, particularly relating to the Internet.  The liability of online forum hosts was explored by the Court of Final Appeal in Oriental Daily v Fevaworks (2013), while the public interest defence was extended to include “responsible public dissemination” statements in Blakeney-Williams v Cathay...