Alberta Court of Appeal to decide on contempt of court ruling against former justice minister
The Courtroom of Enchantment of Alberta is to launch its choice Monday on a contempt ruling towards a former justice minister.
Final month, a choose discovered Jonathan Denis in contempt of court docket over a letter a junior counsel in his workplace despatched to the lawyer for a former chief medical expert.
Dr. Anny Sauvageau was testifying in a wrongful dismissal lawsuit towards the Alberta authorities for misplaced wages and advantages after her contract was not renewed in 2014.
Justice Doreen Sulyma stated in her choice on April 13 that the letter threatening to sue Sauvageau made her afraid of testifying plainly and actually, and prompted one other witness to beg off testifying altogether.
Denis will not be a defendant within the lawsuit, however he was justice minister on the time of the allegations being fought over in court docket.
Sauvageau alleges she was pressured out of the job as punishment after elevating considerations over what she noticed as political interference in circumstances and over billing on physique pickups.
