Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Disclosure of website access data

Legal area

Court

20 Oct 2016

ORIENTAL DAILY PUBLISHER LTD AND ANOTHER v. GOOGLE INC.

Citation

ORIENTAL DAILY PUBLISHER LTD AND ANOTHER v. GOOGLE INC.
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA2476/2015

The plaintiffs demonstrated a good and arguable cause of action in defamation with a reasonable inference of significant publication in Hong Kong; given the defendant's failure to disclose the extent of publication, an order for disclosure of website access data and related particulars is justified and the action should not be struck out as an abuse of process at this interlocutory stage.
20 Oct 2016

ORIENTAL PRESS GROUP LTD AND OTHERS v. GOOGLE INC.

Citation

ORIENTAL PRESS GROUP LTD AND OTHERS v. GOOGLE INC.
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA2477/2015

On the interlocutory record the court found there is a good cause of action in defamation and it is reasonable to infer significant publication in Hong Kong from the nature of the material and the defendant's failure to disclose publication metrics; therefore the action should not be struck out as an abuse and disclosure of the extent and nature of publication is justified; merits defences are irrelevant at this stage.