CANADA
CBC News
John Weidlich CBC News
Posted: Mar 19, 2013
Years after a settlement was reached to pay compensation to thousands of former students of Indian Residential Schools, the federal government continues to dispute the fees it should pay to one of the lead lawyers in the case: Regina’s Tony Merchant.
The tussle over fees sought by the Merchant Law Group, some $20 million, was back before the courts in February with a decision published recently to an online legal database.
The decision, by Court of Appeal judge Gary Lane, outlines how federal officials have been trying to get documentation to support Merchant’s request for payment.
Merchant was reluctant to release his files, to protect the lawyer-client relationship.
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