Final Arguments Begin in Cambie Street Merchant's Court Case

The following are my notes from attorney Cameron Ward’s closing argument today in the compensation trial for Susan Heyes of Hazel & Co., formerly located on Cambie Street.  Ward’s opening was terminated when the building was suddenly evacuated due to a bomb threat. I missed words here and there, but pretty much got it down.

by Linda Solomon

Ward:  By way of introductory remarks, I’d like to start by sighting an old maxim from and English case decided in 1703, the maxim being equity will not suffer a wrong to be without a remedy.  The courts today are a product of law and equity. It is our submission on the certain facts of this case, on the evidence, I respectfully submit that there can be little doubt that my client was wronged by the actions of the defendants.  Those wrongs were principally two in nature.  On the one hand, misrepresentations made by the defendants, reliance upon which caused my client loss and secondly the nuisance created by the actions of the defendants....

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