The two Calgary lawyers who hired a private investigator to follow and photograph a Manitoba judge in hopes of catching him breaching COVID-19 public health restrictions have been disbarred by the Law Society of Alberta, which found their professional misconduct amounted to "an attack on judicial independence."

John Carpay, the president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) and its then-litigation director Jay Cameron can no longer practise law in Alberta.

"The public must know that lawyers do not and cannot engage in this misconduct," reads the 18-page decision released Tuesday.

The lawyers were found guilty of professional misconduct for failing to act with honour and with integrity.

'Vindictive abuse of process'

Alain Hepner and Alex Steigerwald, lawyers for Car

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