By paNOW Staff

Regina lawyer Tony Merchant files libel suit against CBC

Jun 5, 2013 | 7:13 AM

One of Regina's most well-known lawyers has filed a lawsuit on his own behalf.

Tony Merchant, his wife Senator Pana Merchant, and his law firm have a launched a libel suit against the CBC according to a published report in the Regina Leader-Post.

The suit is over a report from earlier this year which says Merchant hid $1.7 million dollars in an offshore tax haven.

Merchant’s name was on a list of 450 Canadians revealed in documents leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in Washington D.C. showing secret bank accounts for 130,000 wealthy people around the world.

Those records were obtained by the CBC and in April the broadcaster published a story saying Merchant moved the money overseas even when he was in a battle with the Canada Revenue Agency over taxes.

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The statement of claim says the reports caused Merchant, his wife and his law firm irreparable damage, and that singling them out in a story was malicious.

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