Two Calgary lawyers who hired a private investigator to follow a Manitoba judge overseeing a case involving COVID-19 public health restrictions in 2021 have been disbarred by the Law Society of Alberta.

John Carpay, president of the Calgary-based Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, and Randal Jay Cameron, a lawyer for the centre, were permanently barred from practising law in this province by the Law Society of Manitoba in 2023.

Both lawyers represented seven churches in 2021 that tried to overturn Manitoba public health orders preventing in-person religious services during the pandemic.

During the court challenge, the lawyers hired a private investigator to follow Manitoba Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal, who was overseeing the case, in a bid to see if he was vi

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