Trkulja v. Google Inc
Case No.
M88/2017
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
20/12/2016 Supreme Court of Victoria (Court of Appeal) (Ashley, Ferguson and McLeish JJA)
Catchwords
Torts – Defamation – Publication – Respondent internet search engine – Search results – Images – Text – Autocomplete predictions – Whether respondent “published” matter relied on by applicant.
Practice and procedure – Service outside jurisdiction – Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2015 (Vic) r 7.01(1)(i) and (j) – Where respondent served in United States – Where Court of Appeal held service should be set aside because no real prospect of success in providing that respondent was publisher – Whether Court of Appeal erred in confining case to primary publisher rather than secondary.
Documents
16/06/2017 Hearing (SLA, Melbourne)
30/06/2017 Notice of appeal
21/07/2017 Written submissions (Appellant)
21/07/2017 Chronology (Appellant)
11/08/2017 Written submissions (Respondent)
25/08/2017 Reply
20/03/2018 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
20/03/2018 Outline of oral argument (Appellant)
20/03/2018 Outline of oral argument (Respondent)
13/06/2018 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra)
13/06/2018 Judgment (Judgment summary)