Bester judgment is great lesson

You'd think that having been convicted of some serious crimes, one wouldn't be so rash to try and invoke their own rights, but Thabo Bester felt strongly.

- RICHARD CHEMALY

His good doctor may have a cleaner name but it also strikes as strange that she'd try block the Netflix doccie on their story.

There was certainly a chance that they'd get the urgent order but all that would do is delay the release until the main matter is heard. Perhaps there's some strategic capital in diminishing interest in the film as the discussion dissipates, but what are the odds of that happening?

As it turns out, the court was quite direct in stating that the case lacked objective urgency and referring to it as self-created urgency.

What that means is that the court didn't agree that it would be in the interest of justice to block the doccie. That's quite a big deal because it would hardly be an inconvenience to Netflix to delay the release. It's not like the story is hot off the press and it's not like anybody else wouldn't face the same issues if they made a similar doccie.