The defendant appealed his conviction and sentence under the Lobbying Act, challenging the legislation on grounds related to the English Bill of Rights, freedom of expression under the Charter, and the interpretation of sections 5 and 7 of the Act.
He also appealed the $20,000 fine as unfit.
The Superior Court dismissed all grounds of appeal, upholding the trial judge's findings that the Lobbying Act did not infringe the right to petition or freedom of expression, that section 5 correctly applied to the defendant as a consultant lobbyist, and that the sentence was fit.
