In the present case, Google had been notified of the defamatory nature of the blog comments quite some time before proceedings started. Mr Tamiz first alerted Google to the postings using the website’s “Report Abuse” function on 28/29 April 2011 and a letter of claim followed on 29 June. On 19 July, Google sought permission to forward Mr Tamiz’ complaint to the original blogger but said that it would not remove the post itself. Finally, on 11 August, Google forwarded the letter of claim to the blogger, who removed the article and comments voluntarily on 14 August.