TORONTO – Eleven federal lawyers and assistants have been ordered to step down from a long-running national security case.
The unusual Federal Court ruling in the case of Mohamed Mahjoub stops short of staying the proceedings against him.
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The order comes after the government inadvertently took confidential files belonging to Mahjoub’s legal team.
Federal Court Justice Edmond Blanchard decided to banish the government lawyers and clerks to ensure public confidence in the administration of justice.
Mahjoub, an Egyptian, has been imprisoned or under house arrest in Toronto for a dozen years based on secret evidence.
Ottawa accuses him of posing a threat to public safety.
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