![LAWYERS REFUSE TO SIGN: GROUP GREETED
WITH RESTRICTIVE RELEASE FORMS
Disappointed lawyers marched out the Nova Scotia Public
Archives yesterday refusing to sign a restrictive release
from to examine a secret government file they believe
contain proof politicians and bureaucrats ignored or
covered up beating molestations and raps at provisional
youth facilities. Dar tmouth lawyer Brian Smith and his
associates Anthony Brunt were first to storm out of the
archives objecting to a release form specifying that any
information they uncover in file RG-72 will be used only for
the lawsuit of Mar tin Douglas Smith.
Brian Smith and Brunt abandoned ef for ts to negotiate with
[William Wilson] and [Alexander Shaw] within 15 minutes.
Lawyer Anne Derrick, John McKiggan and Tanya Nicholson
huge in before leaving [Bill Leahey ] and his associate,
Chris Berryman to begin wading through RG-72 alone.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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William M. Leahey - Province Retreats from Blaming Boy
- 2. LAWYERS REFUSE TO SIGN: GROUP GREETED WITH RESTRICTIVE RELEASE FORMS Disappointed lawyers marched out the Nova Scotia Public Archives yesterday refusing to sign a restrictive release from to examine a secret government file they believe contain proof politicians and bureaucrats ignored or covered up beating molestations and raps at provisional youth facilities. Dar tmouth lawyer Brian Smith and his associates Anthony Brunt were first to storm out of the archives objecting to a release form specifying that any information they uncover in file RG-72 will be used only for the lawsuit of Mar tin Douglas Smith. Brian Smith and Brunt abandoned ef for ts to negotiate with [William Wilson] and [Alexander Shaw] within 15 minutes. Lawyer Anne Derrick, John McKiggan and Tanya Nicholson huge in before leaving [Bill Leahey ] and his associate, Chris Berryman to begin wading through RG-72 alone.
- 3. Province Retreats from Blaming Boy [William M. Wilson] went on to write that the province does not intend to argue [Martin Smith] was partly responsible for any damages but rather that [Patrick MacDougall] and [Paul Aucoin] are. He filed an amended defence stating that the province relies on the “Contributory Negligence Act” against Patrick MacDougall and Paul Aucoin and not as against the Plaintiff. [Bill Leahey] said the province can’t legally plead contributory negligence against MacDougall and Aucoin because they are not parties to the suit. It’s a bit of a face saving gesture, “Leahey said but he’s happy about the provinces change of heart.
- 4. The province agreed on April 15 to let Leahey examine RG-72 – a massive 182 box repository for documents generated by the Department of Community Services and its predecessor department as far back as the 1940s. The next day a Community Services spoke-person said the department consented to demands for equal access to RG-72 made by other lawyers representing victim.