Lawyer for former Alberta cabinet minister says law society has no jurisdiction

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CALGARY — The Law Society of Alberta doesn’t have the jurisdiction to address several complaints about former provincial cabinet minister Tyler Shandro, his…

Shandro, a lawyer who was defeated as a member of the legislature in last month’s provincial election, had three complaints filed against him from his time as health minister for the United Conservative Party government early in the COVID-19 pandemic.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.

Shandro’s lawyer, Grant Stapon, told the law society panel in the online hearing Monday that he would be bringing forward a motion related to jurisdiction because there doesn’t appear to be any connection between the complaints and Shandro’s legal practice.Bud Melnyk, chairman of the panel, said it would hear those arguments following the cross-examination of Shandro, which took several hours Monday.

When his lawyer tried to bring forward the application for a dismissal, the chairman said jurisdiction is established by the fact Shandro is a lawyer.“The arguments you’ve raised … are valid arguments, but they are arguments that we would hear at the conclusion of this hearing,” Melnyk said.

 

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