The UK arm of US news website Buzzfeed has failed to prevent millionaire American self-help guru Tony Robbins suing it for defamation in the High Court here. Pending the hearing of the defamation proceedings, BuzzFeed UK asked the court to find Ireland was not the correct jurisdiction for the case on the basis the defendant is not the proper party. Among its arguments, BuzzFeed UK said it does not own or operate the website BuzzFeedNews.com, which is where the allegedly defamatory statements were published. Mr Robbins opposed the application and denied the defendant’s claim the articles were not published in Ireland. Mr Robbins had discharged the burden of establishing this court has jurisdiction pursuant to the Brussels Recast regulation, he said.

Source: Irish Independent June 04, 2021 17:37 UTC