(LifeSiteNews) — The legal group behind the push to get a $290 million class-action lawsuit filed by disgruntled Ottawa residents against the Freedom Convoy leaders dismissed, announced it has a “significant procedural development” that could put the case “on hold.”
In a press release, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) announced that during a recent case conference on January 26, Justice Calum MacLeod “agreed to hear a motion, brought by the defence, seeking a permanent stay of the proceedings because the plaintiffs failed to disclose a settlement agreement to the defendants’ legal team.”
The JCCF noted in April 2024 that Chad Eros, one of its defendants, signed a settlement agreement with the plaintiffs. The JCCF said that at the time that “Mr. Eros did not have a lawyer formally on the court record.”
“Under the agreement, once it was signed, Mr. Eros was required to provide all relevant documents in his possession to the plaintiffs’ lawyers within 60 days and take part in a private meeting with them to discuss those documents,” the JCCF noted.
“Mr. Eros also agreed to forward a settlement amount to the plaintiffs within six months, all in exchange for his release from the action. However, it is alleged that the settlement funds were never paid.”
The JCCF said that the settlement agreement was not shared with the other defense lawyers until “January 28, 2026, nearly 19 months later.”