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Quickie update on the ongoing legal case

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Unlike most quickies this one isn’t that much fun. Yesterday my attorneys and advocates were back in court along with Colin Webster’s team. Apparently my knowledge on court proceedings is about as in depth as my understanding of the different types of cases that exist.

While I thought it would be all sorted yesterday it was in fact just another court date to set a court date for us.

The first available court date is now the 11th of August so nothing else is likely to happen until then.

A quick timeline for those trying to keep up

  1. I posted an article claiming that Colin was doing something that people should know about (can’t be more specific sorry)
  2. Colin and his lawyer both sent legal documents.
  3. I refused to remove the article but did happily agree to fix the one factual technical mistake that existed in the article.
  4. Colin was not happy with that and went to the High Court to get an urgent interdict, he managed to get one ex-parte. This means that I has the defendant had no chance to argue my case and I was then legally forced to remove the article (and a follow up one)
  5. We then met in court in early March and both sets of attorneys agreed they needed more time and we would meet again on the 22nd of May.
  6. All applicable documents and legalities were filed before the 21st of May, even if someone was a little late with their one.. *spoiler* it wasn’t our side.
  7. The teams went to court on the 22nd of May, everything is now in order and the trial has been set down for the 11th of August
  8. On the 11th of August we’ll battle it out and then the judge will likely adjourn to make a decision.

As mentioned the case is an ex parte interim interdict, but what really bugs me is that I’m currently legally forced to not say certain things about Colin until the court case is heard. While I don’t believe I have done anything wrong it is going to be at least the end of August before I can report on the MSSA or Colin in any meaningful manner.

The impact this has on my freedom of expression, a constitutional right, is more than a little frustrating. But there is nothing that can be done with it now. I don’t want to say too much as the interdict is ridiculously broad and limiting and I wouldn’t want to inadvertently break it.

Let me know if you have any questions and I will do my best to answer them and as always please don’t defame, insult or threaten Mr Webster on Lazygamer.net or our Facebook page. If you see anything please do flag it for immediate attention.

Oh and Colin prints out every single one of these articles and uses them in his court filings. It’s nice to know he still reads the site even if he doesn’t like me.

*Header image makes me laugh because it is included in filed legal papers in the overly stuffy High Court.

Last Updated: May 23, 2014

59 Comments

  1. eXpZA

    May 23, 2014 at 11:40

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  2. GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

    May 23, 2014 at 11:41

    hey, every hit to the site helps to keep it going… and even if a certain person ( who cannot be named for fear of courtcase being filed) does not like the site or Content, it keeps the rest of us motivated

    Reply

    • Mark Treloar

      May 23, 2014 at 11:42

      i’m motivated to watch a whole season of Webster

      Reply

  3. Kromas

    May 23, 2014 at 11:41

    I wanna say stuff but I can’t. Suppose Ill go and troll people in DotA2 when I get home to blow of some steam.

    Reply

    • Norm

      May 23, 2014 at 11:42

      Good idea!

      Reply

  4. HvR - THE Average GAmer

    May 23, 2014 at 11:50

    So people print out the article and comments to use in court cases.

    Hehehehe – http://www.bing.com/translator

    toH chay’ 30 pages je yIjatlh qaStaHvIS tlhIngan Dan chaH legh yInISQo’. vaj bing lI’ vay’ someday Sov

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    • Mark Treloar

      May 23, 2014 at 11:53

      Live long and prosper

      Reply

    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      May 23, 2014 at 11:55

      Always good to have a clingon joke.

      Reply

      • InsanityFlea

        May 23, 2014 at 11:58

        It’s catchy

        Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      May 23, 2014 at 12:04

      Fantastic!

      Reply

    • Gavin Mannion

      May 23, 2014 at 12:07

      vaj loD ghaH ghoch neH, petaQ vItu’ mughwI’ weren’t vIghel maH ghaH jIyay’

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      • HvR - THE Average GAmer

        May 23, 2014 at 12:10

        qar tlhaQ vaj qutluch patlh Sovmo’ tlhIngan mughwI’ Suq je lughaj

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        • Kensei Seraph

          May 23, 2014 at 12:18

          ‘e’ mughwI’ loQ ghor ghaHlaw’

          Reply

    • RinceofFuturePast

      May 23, 2014 at 12:36

      LOL. Dammit, where is this translator? 🙂

      Reply

  5. Tortoise

    May 23, 2014 at 11:52

    This Colin fellow sounds like a really really nice and stand up guy, not at all like a feminine hygiene product/shower in French. I can’t imagine why anyone would want to say a single defamatory thing about him!

    Reply

  6. InsanityFlea

    May 23, 2014 at 11:56

    Colon err I mean Colin, You can’t get the shit back in the horse now mate.

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  7. Jaded_Reprobate

    May 23, 2014 at 11:57

    i have nothing meaningful to add to this, i just want my tag running around the high court, for no apparent reason

    Reply

    • Gavin Mannion

      May 23, 2014 at 12:02

      lol that’s a point I didn’t think off… he highlights what he likes but all the images and other crap are part of the court document

      Reply

      • Kensei Seraph

        May 23, 2014 at 12:24

        Interesting…
        I wonder how many pages long those documents are going to be.
        http://media.giphy.com/media/nhII69qb9ZIcw/giphy.gif

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      • Norm

        May 23, 2014 at 12:26

        Which means that Avo’s posts/videos will be there too?
        XD

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        • Kensei Seraph

          May 23, 2014 at 12:26

          Oh god.
          That could end badly.

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        • Unavengedavo

          May 23, 2014 at 12:27

          So does that mean you guys want me to post more comments on these articles?

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          • Gavin Mannion

            May 23, 2014 at 12:28

            it’s a free country.. as long as you aren’t attacking someone personally

          • Kensei Seraph

            May 23, 2014 at 12:28

            Well we can’t Constitutionally stop you but at least try to keep the highly disturbing stuff to other articles.

          • Unavengedavo

            May 23, 2014 at 12:33

            So no posting any of Joan Cornellá’s artworks then?

          • Kensei Seraph

            May 23, 2014 at 12:37

            Without knowing who that is or risking a Google search I’m going to say no is probably a good answer.

          • Unavengedavo

            May 23, 2014 at 12:42

            Lol, well here is an example. Would be hilarious if this ended up in the documents…
            http://37.media.tumblr.com/2441ebb41af4bcd06b0aa004a1b0384b/tumblr_n0mi7bR9Au1srjwkeo1_1280.jpg

          • Hammersteyn

            May 23, 2014 at 12:43

            Ive seen these, they make no sense what so ever but I can’t stop looking.

          • Unavengedavo

            May 23, 2014 at 13:03

            Lol, same here. It’s even more fun when you ad your own dialogue

  8. Hammersteyn

    May 23, 2014 at 12:01

    Hahahaha m’lady

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  9. Hammersteyn

    May 23, 2014 at 12:04

    If he read everything it’s free hits for your website Gavin

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    • Gavin Mannion

      May 23, 2014 at 12:05

      I dare say I’m paying for them…

      Mind you according to his affidavit he feels writing about hm brings in the majority of our hits.. facts be damned

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      • Hammersteyn

        May 23, 2014 at 12:08

        That’s actually true, You should let him know that after you win this case you are really gonna start writing about him. People will want to read all about the whole story. Website hits galore.

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        • Kensei Seraph

          May 23, 2014 at 12:22

          Is Gavin allowed to do that?
          A reveal all article of how the case went and how much he, and his family, suffered but thanks to the support of various people he managed to pull through and won (my personal opinion is Gavin will likely win the case) / lost (only mentioned because reasons) this battle which will set a precedent for the future.

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          • Gavin Mannion

            May 23, 2014 at 12:25

            yes once the case is over I can write anything, unless the judge states that it is sealed..

            I would fight that request vehemently though and it really has no chance of being upheld. So win or lose I should be able to write everything,.

          • RinceofFuturePast

            May 23, 2014 at 12:26

            It’s going to be like Game of Thrones man, EPIC.

  10. RinceofFuturePast

    May 23, 2014 at 12:06

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAH! Wow. Hey, at least you are getting that 1c for his visit…

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      May 23, 2014 at 12:08

      He want’s to destroy Lagz instead he’s helping.

      Reply

  11. RinceofFuturePast

    May 23, 2014 at 12:07

    So Gavin, no chance of you in the foreseeable future merriam Webster? Tehehe

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  12. InsanityFlea

    May 23, 2014 at 12:18

    Did you see all the cases Zuma brought against Zapiro? yeah. Take note.

    PPS draw another stick Colin.

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  13. Put it

    May 23, 2014 at 12:28

    Hu’tegh Sumqu’

    Reply

  14. RinceofFuturePast

    May 23, 2014 at 12:29

    CTRL+P just saying…

    Reply

    • Gavin Mannion

      May 23, 2014 at 12:31

      best is the page breaks between because he didn’t print it out as a full iamge.. so the format and stylig s all messed up.. no pride shown

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      • Kensei Seraph

        May 23, 2014 at 12:40

        Would any comments made on the article after he prints have any affect on the validity of the documents?

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        • Gavin Mannion

          May 23, 2014 at 12:42

          Honestly I’m not sure.. I would presume so in some form

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  15. Missgremlin

    May 23, 2014 at 12:35

    Oh goodee – my one shot at infamy! Now my name is included in HC docs. Ps. if you win and get costs awarded, he will be billed R2.00 for each page of comments that your attorney and adv. have had to print and peruse… Sock it to him.

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    • Gavin Mannion

      May 23, 2014 at 12:39

      oh really? Time to print out all 300 000 comments

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      • Missgremlin

        May 23, 2014 at 12:41

        Oh, that fee is just for the copying of each page – the perusal fee is R47 a page. You could turn it into a money spinner – You just need to win…

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      • loftie

        May 23, 2014 at 15:36

        make that 300 001 comments.

        Reply

  16. dawith

    May 23, 2014 at 12:44

    english peeps is so full of it. Trollololol

    Reply

  17. Mark Vincer

    May 23, 2014 at 12:51

    If you win, I recommend countersuing for this: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/17/man-sues-2-undecillion-_n_5343145.html then buying all regular lazygamer commenters the console of their choice.

    Reply

    • Gavin Mannion

      May 23, 2014 at 13:19

      hey it’s about as valid as the current case IMO

      Reply

      • Mark Vincer

        May 23, 2014 at 13:21

        Have Chinese people been taking random photos of you too?

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  18. Tiaan Pat

    May 23, 2014 at 12:51

    Header WIN!!!!! Sucks that it is taking so long and the fact that the interdict is so broad is not fair… Hope that in August this is all sorted.

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    • Kensei Seraph

      May 23, 2014 at 12:59

      A friend sent me this earlier this morning. (Refresh for image)

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      • Tiaan Pat

        May 23, 2014 at 13:09

        :O wow, i will never look at bears the same way again!

        Reply

  19. Sk3tz0

    May 23, 2014 at 15:31

    You what you do Gavin.. when all this stupid court is over and you’re free to express yourself and report about what you been wanting to report about. you make a youtube video. Stating all you concerns and stuff and im sure the LG community will help spread and forward amd tweet the link of that video..

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