Google LLC v Defteros

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIAKIEFEL CJ,GAGELER, KEANE, GORDON, EDELMAN, STEWARD AND GLEESON JJGOOGLE LLC  APPELLANTANDGEORGE DEFTEROS  RESPONDENTGoogle LLC v Defteros[2022] HCA 27Date of Hearing: 3 May 2022Date of Judgment: 17 August 2022M86/2021ORDER1. Appeal allowed.2. Set aside order 2 of the orders of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria made on 17 June 2021 and, in lieu thereof, order that:(a)the appeal be allowed;(b)order 1 of the orders of the primary judge made on 6 May 2020 be set aside and, in lieu thereof, it be ordered that there is judgment for the defendant; and (c) order 1 of the orders of the primary judge made on 3 June 2020 be set aside. 3. The appellant pay the respondent's costs of the appeal. On appeal from the Supreme Court of VictoriaRepresentationB W Walker SC with G L Schoff QC and C L Alden for the appellant (instructed by Johnson Winter & Slattery)D P Gilbertson QC with J A Castelan and E H Guthrie for the respondent (instructed by Defteros Lawyers)Notice:  This copy of the Court's Reasons for Judgment is subject to formal revision prior to publication in the Commonwealth Law Reports.CATCHWORDSGoogle LLC v DefterosDefamation – Publication – Where appellant operated internet search engine – Where search engine produced search results to users in response to user-designed search queries through use of computer programs and algorithms – Where each search result relevantly comprised title of webpage, snippet of content, and hyperlink to another webpage on World Wide Web – Where...