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Johnson Winter Slattery is renowned for its work handling high-profile defamation defence cases and offering ‘commercial and pragmatic’ advice on cases up to High Court appellate level. ’Exceptional media lawyer’ Kevin Lynch heads up the practice from the Sydney office, where he advises market-leading tech companies and media conglomerates in relation to defamation, privacy, brand protection and copyright issues. Eve Thomson is based in the Adelaide office; she is a key point of contact for publishing clients. Since publication, the team welcomed Sophie Dawson in May 2024.
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- 'Kevin Lynch leads a strong media team that is commercial and pragmatic.'
- 'The team has an intimate understanding of our business, built up over a long period of time. They are always responsive, pragmatic and highly skilled.'
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Key clients
- Google LLC
- Google Australia Pty Ltd
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Work highlights
- Acted in High Court for Google and won after a long-fought and significant battle in a defamation claim concerning search engine results.
- Acted in the Supreme Court in defamation proceedings brought by several individuals against the Commonwealth of Australia via its agency AFP and one of its then commanders.
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