MC: symbolises my never ending love
[MRA]: symbolises my ev.. never ending love
MC: and loyalty for you.
[MRA]: and loyalty for you.
MC: [Ms Ryba] please repeat after me, this ring a gift for you
[MSR]: this ring a gift to you.
MC: symbolises my never ending love.
[MSR]: symbolises my never ending love.
MC: and loyalty to you.
[MSR]: loyalty to you MC: beautiful, [Ms Ryba] and [Mr Achthoven]you have declared before me and before these witnesses that you will live together in marriage you have symbolised it by joining of hands, the taking of the legal vows and the exchange of the rings. These statements made of love and trust, which we have heard, that is now my greatest pleasure to pronounce you as husband and wife. You may kiss your bride do not fall over, ha ha.Congratulations, you’re now married
[Ms Ryba]: thank you so much.
MC: congratulations.
[MSR]: thank you.
MC: Okay .
31 The wording used by the celebrant accorded with language ordinarily encountered in a wedding ceremony. Nothing in the words used by the applicant revealed hesitation or uncertainty about the activity in which she was engaged. To the contrary – the words she used and the manner of their expression indicated volition and willingness and did not tell of hesitancy or confusion. That said, on the applicant's version of events she was participating in a prank or hoax. She said believed she was acting. She said she believed she was portraying a bride at a wedding ceremony to enable the respondent to use the video in his work as a social media influencer. It was consistent with such a belief that she convincingly portrayed a willing bride who enthusiastically embraced the wedding ceremony. To do otherwise was antithetical to the task she believed the respondent wanted her to perform.
32 Returning to the chronological sequence of events, the alleged ceremony was witnessed by a photographer. He did not give evidence.
33 The applicant did not depose to the circumstances of the purchase of the wedding ring prior to the impugned ceremony.
34 She did not depose to events after the conclusion of the impugned ceremony.
