The City of Fredericton is moving ahead with its plan to kick a handful of businesses and the New Brunswick Exhibition off the Exhibition Grounds.

But the city's chances of success are a "toss-up," says Robert Pineo, a Halifax-based expropriation and litigation lawyer with more two decades of experience in the field.

The city's decision to expropriate was announced on Sept. 22 during a council meeting.

The notice became official on Oct. 9, giving interested parties until Nov. 9 to object.

Pineo described this as a “rare” case because the city and the exhibition group both have a public purpose on the property at the edge of downtown Fredericton, near Wilmot Park. WATCH | How would the Exhibition Grounds expropriation work?:

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