L.H. Gray and Son Ltd. has lost its motion to have whistleblower Norman Bourdeau convicted of contempt of court for missing a deadline by five working days.
Justice Roland Haines also rejected Gray's request to be awarded court costs. Nor will Bourdeau's lawyer get costs.
Justice Peter Lauwers has yet to hand down his decision on another Gray motion to cite Bourdeau for contempt of court. In that case, one of the key issues is whether the documents Bourdeau took from Gray were put into court protection to keep Gray from destroying evidence, or if the intention was also to keep Bourdeau from circulating information from those files.
While he's pondering the case, Lauwers has all of the reams of court files on the egg cases in his chambers. Gray's lawyers asked to have the records sealed, but Lauwers made no decision on that request. Keeping them in his chambers, however, ensures the public can't look at them.
