FFS you lot are no better than the CAA, getting all twisted up in intents and terminology and meanings of words, and gray areas of who was the intended PiC.
A guy was in imminent life threatening danger, somewhere up in the deep bush, literally hanging off a tree by the seat of his pants over a 50 metre cliff drop, with a broken leg, in sh!tty weather, with darkness setting in. There was only pilot on the scene, who was willing and able and confident and experienced enough, to do the job of rescuing this poor bugger. He assessed ALL the risks, of which I presume his medical issue and the legal consequences was one of them, and then he chose to do the right thing.
Hope the judge can see the big picture and kick this out of court after about one millisecond.