Khelvachauri district court starts hearing the complaint of the “Young Barristers” against the Vice-Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia - Murman Dumbadze. The Court declared the case admissible and case will be discussed by the judge Amiran Dzabunidze.

The legal dispute between the “Young Barristers” and Murman Dumbadze emerged, after Murman Dumbadze responsed to the legal assessment of the “Young Barristers” and said in the television during interview, that “this “Young Barristers” are hired. They have no idea on the Constitution of Georgia, they have no idea what is freedom of expression, they have no idea what is freedom of speech and even more, does not know what is right and obligations of the Member of Parliament. If this government makes hired workers to do such statements, then it means that this government will turn to the government, which we dismisses.”

According to the evaluation of the organization, the statement of Murman Dumbadze is offensive, represents the spreading of business reputation infringing information and there is a fact of spreading business reputation infringing information by the public person. The organization requires compensation for damage caused by defamation by Murman Dumbadze, which includes to deny the information according to the form prescribed by the court. For more information: the “Young Barristers” addressed a lettet to the Vice-Speaker and requisted to present corroborating evidences, however the Vice-Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia - Murman Dumbadze did not respond the letter. Murman Dumbadze on the organization’s complaint, only stated that ,,similar organization is not known for him."

The co-founder and director of the “Young Barristers”, Archil Kaikatsishvili states, that the goal of the proceedings is to set a precedent for similar cases by the court and high-ranking officials feel a high responsibility towards the third sector.