Kumar(s): The Hammer Comes Down

[Burnaby49]

Given that this is eric's topic I'll defer to him regarding the starting point and title for the new thread.

[eric]

We've talked about Kevin Kumar for over ten years and there are literally thousands of posts. It's time for a split, since the Kumars, pater et filius, are finally about to run into the hammer of the Alberta Courts and their dislike of pseudolaw adherents. For those who want to look back you can go all the waaay back to here viewtopic.php?f=48&t=10455, although I would suggest starting here: viewtopic.php?p=294057#p294057. Or you can go here: viewtopic.php?p=232693#p232693

[eric]

Just a quick update on the Kumars. As I saw when privatesectoract went down they have gone dark. Nothing new on any of their social media accounts or websites. Assuming they aren't planning a pivot to a new scam like they did the last time, and being charitable, I expect they are busy fighting the good fight (with the aid of ChatGPT May 2023 update) in multiple court proceedings. Not all of them, for various reasons, have been mentioned on Quatloos, something about not revealing your hand, etc. A hint to Colton and Kevin - if you're going to use ChatGpt to prepare filings remove the watermark before you hand the documents in.

And yet another update. Pleadings to follow, seems the Kumars have now brought defamation proceedings against me in the BC Supreme Court.

I plan on observing this one tomorrow morning virtually, assuming the technology works, and will report anything interesting. It was a bit of an unusual experience setting it up, I don't make a habit of exchanging emails on a Saturday evening with retired members of the judiciary. Many thanks to The Honorable Bruce Cohen who made it happen. Burnaby49 may remember the Cohen Commission on the West Coast Fishery.....

[Burnaby49]

Indeed I do. The commission was the result of the sockeye panic of 2009 when only 1,370,000 sockeye returned to spawn in the Fraser River, the lowest return in over 50 years. While they were still holding the public hearings in 2010 we got the largest Fraser River return in almost 100 years. It was estimated that about 30,000,000 fish started the run and about 14,000,000 of those were caught.

It was a once in a lifetime opportunity for sockeye lovers like me. The processors were overwhelmed and they were virtually giving it away. I ended up with about 150-200 pounds of canned salmon cramming all the shelving in my basement. We just finished it a few years ago.

[yycparalegal]

Hey Eric, any chance you were able to observe? Either way end result is a reserved decision returnable on February 6 remotely. (Might be my fault for giving the Justice 400 pages of case law)

[eric]

I had a chance to observe it via dial-in. No I didn't have my pants on. I will post my thoughts on it later to day or early tomorrow. Short teaser - Kevin Kumar argued the wrong topic, Colton eventually got on track, you kept to the point and at least had some case law to back you up. Quick edit - I put in a request to observe on 6 feb.