Main updates in the Joanne St. Lewis v. Denis Rancourt lawsuit include:
(1) Self-represented Rancourt is advancing a motion to stay or dismiss the action as an abuse of process, the so-called "champerty motion".
(2) As next steps in the "champerty motion" Rancourt will cross-examine:
- U of O President Allan Rock
- U of O Chairman of the BOG Robert Giroux
- U of O Dean of Common Law Bruce Feldthusen
- Ottawa lawyer Celine Delorme
[Cross-examination dates to be set by a judge, see below.]
The University volunteered Rock as the person who directly made the funding decision, after Rancourt proposed to summon Rock as a witness. The Court offered the University an occasion to move that Rancourt's summons to Giroux be quashed but the University declined the offer.
(3) Rancourt has advanced an "open court motion" seeking that all the cross-examinations be open to the public and media.
(4) Rancourt's "open court motion" was quashed by a judge on February 8, 2012.
(5) Rancourt filed a motion for leave to appeal the judge's decision to reject the open court motion and called on the Regional Chief Justice to schedule the appeal prior to the cross-examinations.
(6) The cross-examination schedule was stayed in order for the motion for leave to appeal to be heard in court on March 28, 2012 at 10:00 AM at the Elgin Street Court House. All court proceedings are bilingual, following Rancourt's request to exercise his language rights.
(7) Civil society is reacting to the open court proposal:
The Civil Liberties Association - National Capital Region (CLA-NCR) has published a statement in favour of Rancourt's open court motion: HERE.
University of Ottawa Senate Member Hazel Gashoka has publicly called on Allan Rock to stop refusing a public cross-examination on the question of his decision to finance the St. Lewis litigation against Rancourt: HERE.
University of Ottawa Senate Member Hazel Gashoka has publicly called on Allan Rock to stop refusing a public cross-examination on the question of his decision to finance the St. Lewis litigation against Rancourt: HERE.
As background, all related posts about the lawsuit are HERE.
Links to all pleadings and court documents in the lawsuit are HERE.
Links to all pleadings and court documents in the lawsuit are HERE.
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