By The Canadian Press

Alberta Politics

Judge denies request from former Alberta justice minister to set aside earlier ruling

May 9, 2022 | 2:47 PM

EDMONTON – A former Alberta justice minister has failed to persuade a judge to set aside a court ruling that found him in contempt of court for witness intimidation.

Alberta Appeal Court Justice Ritu Khullar says in a written decision that Jonathan Denis failed to make a case for why the lower-court ruling should be stayed.

Khullar notes that Denis has already filed an appeal of the contempt decision and that an appeal hearing remains the best place to hash that out.

Denis had also asked the judge to delay penalties and costs he could face for contempt until after the appeal is heard.

Khullar denied that, too, rejecting Denis’s argument that allowing the penalties to go ahead before his appeal would cause permanent damage to his law practice.

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Denis was found in contempt last month when his law firm wrote a letter threatening to sue Alberta’s former chief medical examiner for libel while she was giving testimony in her wrongful dismissal lawsuit against the province.

(The Canadian Press)