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Supreme Court rejects Digital Revolution's appeal against Google over unlawful reviews
Hoge Raad ·
ECLI:NL:HR:2025:1663
The case
Digital Revolution B.V. appealed to the Supreme Court against Google Ireland Ltd in a case concerning unlawful online reviews, but the Supreme Court rejected the appeal. The judgment provides no substantive reasoning as the complaints were not important for legal development.
What the court considered
- 01The Supreme Court assessed Digital Revolution's complaints but ruled they could not lead to reversal of the Court of Appeal's judgment
- 02The cassation appeal was rejected in line with the Advocate General's conclusion
- 03The complaints were not of such nature that answering them was necessary for legal unity or development
- 04Digital Revolution was ordered to pay legal costs
What this means in practice
Parties must carefully consider whether cassation is promising in review cases, given the high threshold and risk of costs orders. Not every unlawful review case justifies proceedings all the way to cassation. This ruling demonstrates that the Supreme Court is cautious about handling online review disputes in cassation unless they raise fundamental legal questions.
Legal basis
- Artikel 81 lid 1 Wet op de rechterlijke organisatie
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