In a blistering 88 page document the State lay out their objections as to why Fields Of Green For ALL NPC and the three TOTP plaintiffs should NOT be permitted to join the Constitutional Court WCHC cannabis legalisation appeal hearing on Tuesday 7th November. These kinds of correspondence still have the power to rattle us
The State's appeal of Judge Davis' judgement in the Western Cape High Court on 31 March 2017 will be heard in the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg on 07 November 2017. Fields of Green for ALL NPC has applied to the Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa to be admitted as amicus curiae. In addition to
After taking a break following the trial, we regroup with Schindlers Attorneys and they confirm that they are corresponding with the defendants in order to secure a date to resume the trial as early as possible during 2018.
Before the start of the trial, Judge Ranchod requested a transcript of the proceedings and our legal team agreed that this would be very useful. Together with the defendants, we were required to pay for this. It is on the record that Doctors for Life stated that they could not afford it so the cost
Fields of Green for ALL asked permission from Judge Ranchod to live stream The Trial of the Plant from our website and make the live stream available to media houses. The judge granted our request on 28 July 2017 but the state objected on the first day of the trial. The judge rejected their appeal
Trial of the Plant - Notes day by day. After 7 years of hard work the trial eventually starts. What follows is a summary of proceedings with links to the live stream and times noted for quick access to information. We hope the summary will give our supporters an idea of why we only completed
With The Trial of the Plant starting today (31 July 2017), summaries of both sides of the argument are available for download. TOTP Summary plaintiffs particulars claim TOTP Summary defendants arguments
In a 44 page document, the State lay out their argument as at why the Judge Davis privacy ruling should be overturned. Like many, they believe nothing was resolved with regard to the perceived harms and benefits of the plant, and many other key arguments for and against cannabis prohibition were not addressed. Download the
After Doctors For Life demand R2.5 million to defend their medical case, Schindlers Attorneys reply to their demands in no uncertain terms. The fact that they voluntarily requested to be the 8th defendant - we didn't invite them, or request their presence - was enough for our legal team to write the most elegant 'No'
It has been nearly five years since Doctors For Life became the 8th Defendant in our High Court Hearing. They invited themselves along claiming to be the medical expertise for the State. With only 150 days until the Trial Of The Plant in the Pretoria High Court we were presented with a demand for R2.5
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