The admission led to an intensive review of the GCSB and a finding it didn't understand its own law. He said "the GCSB has now admitted that its illegal conduct went far further than was previously revealed". Barrister Grant Illingworth, QC, who has represented van der Kolk and Ortmann in court, said it was the end of the damages case for Ortmann and van der Kolk. He said the admission by the GCSB had relevance to the drawn out extradition of Batato, Dotcom, Ortmann and van der Kolk. She said van der Kolk and Ortmann "settled their claims earlier this year".

Source: Otago Daily Times August 25, 2017 05:03 UTC