Crucial hearing in complex case that could change the landscape for libel law The case of British blogger Bruce Everiss – who is being sued for libel in Australia by an American games company – is due to take another step forward later, as a court hears On Tuesday morning in Sydney, the court of New South Wales will hear arguments over whether it should be involved in the defamation case being brought by Evony – an online gaming firm registered in the US state of Delaware – against Everiss, a British games industry veteran who lives in Coventry. While Evony, which also threatened action against the Guardian for claims made in an article published last year, argues that the Australian court is an appropriate forum for the case to be heard because its reputation was damaged there, Everiss has accused the company and its anonymous owners of libel tourism. In December, ahead of a previous preliminary hearing on the subject, Everiss’s lawyer, Damian Sturzaker from the high profile firm Marque, told me that it would create an “extraordinary precedent” if the local court decided it was an appropriate forum for the larger case
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