Capilano Honey Ltd is suing me to try and remove what I have said publicly and not allow me to say anything like this again. “Permanent injunction” in legal speak.
The case has been running for 2 years. I am doing the best I can and finally got permission a few months ago to have the case transferred from NSW to my home State of Victoria.
Capilano Honey is based in Brisbane, Queensland but started this whole case in Sydney NSW. As you can imagine there has been a whole bunch of highly paid Sydney lawyers stacked up against me.
Capilano said they would suffer all the inconvenience if the case was transferred to where I live in Melbourne VIC and I“will not suffer any inconvenience or additional cost by the proceedings remaining in Sydney”. The NSW Judge totally reject that and said: “The uncontested evidence is that Mr Mulvany is the sole parent of an eight-year old child, the child’s mother being deceased. I do not understand how it could seriously be contended that it would not cause “inconvenience” for him to have to travel to Sydney for court.” She also said: “I do not understand why the interests of an unrepresented defendant and a young child should weigh less in the balance than the convenience of Sydney lawyers.”
You can read the NSW judgment HERE: https://jade.io/article/585693
So I got the case transferred! I appeared alone before Judge Dixon here in Victoria. He warned me that without paid lawyers I am “swimming with sharks without a shark cage” (his words!)
I raised $48,000 through crowdfunding. Most of this has gone on lawyers for my defence.
I have now hired a public-interest lawyer David Barrow. He knows I’m in for a long fight and has experienced a few of these.
http://davidbarrowlawyer.com.au/
David Barrow is an expert at navigating the tricky and tedious court process and is a vigilant advocate.
Fortunately Mr Barrow has agreed to work at a reduced ratewhereas these defamation sorts of cases can costs $100,000s and even $millions to defend. Money seems no restraint for my opponents. They will spend all the shareholder they want it seems.
I will instruct Mt Barrow to take this all the way to the High Court if I need to. It is too important. I cannot allow this corporation to silence me. I have an obligation to bees and future generations.
I NEED HELP PLEASE to raise funds now to subpoena scientific testing and to find a scientist who can present the scientific evidence to the Court.
If we all donate a small amount to the legal fund and continue to support our local beekeepers on the honeymap. We will win this.
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