Found a little more information about the ongoing case in the student newspaper at U Vic where Dr. John Volpe teaches. The key points, assuming accurate reporting, are as follows:
Staniford has a month left before he has to be out of the country and he is being deported because he didn't renew his visa, no specification whether it was a visitor's or work visa, but I suspect visitor's since work would require a sponsor and no capability within country to fill the job.
The only witness for the defense was Volpe and although defense tried to have him admitted as an expert witness, the judge ruled against that and declared Volpe's testimony inadmissible.
Staniford has raised $20,000 from U Vic's Enironmental Law defense fund, $10,000 from a group of Norwegian fishermen and $28,000 from online begging through gofundme.com. Staniford claims his costs are $3000 a day; he is still short $2000 for the projected 20 day trial but maybe Chris will help him out with that.
That leaves the question of the verdict. Guilty would leave him on the hook for some substantial judgment and potentially Mainstream's legal costs. It would also leave him in Norway, within reach of Cermaq with the judgment in hand. Innocent would perhaps even cover his legal costs and would leave him a nice little chunk of pocket change to fund setting up household in Norway unless he returns the money.
Article is here:
http://martlet.ca/martlet/article/industry-sues-antifish-farm-activist/