[Community-Discuss] Supreme Court Order in Relation to Cloud Innovation v AFRINIC

[Owen DeLong]

> On Jul 15, 2021, at 13:33 , Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg at tristatelogic.com> wrote:

> 

> In message <337009E4-C17E-4215-82BD-D9F753831613 at delong.com>, 

> Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:

> 

>> The "sub judice" rule was temporarily not in effect

>> while the case was dismissed

>> until such time as the appeal was accepted. This created a window during 

>> which we could disclose certain factual information.

>> 

>> The "sub judice" rule only applies while there is an

>> active case that is actually "sub judice" (which means

>> "under the consideration of the court" basically).

>> When AFRINIC succeeded in getting the case dismissed, it stopped being

>> "sub judice" until such time as the judge ruled to

>> reinstate the injunction pending

>> the appeal.

> 

> That's a very interesting legal theory Owen.

> 

> May I quote you?


That was my understanding from what the lawyers said to us.

If I’m wrong, I guess I’ll have to apologize to the Mauritian courts.

Owen