It's not over yet. The lawyer for 13 women from five countries who are hoping to ski jump at the 2010 Winter Olympics is taking the case to the Supreme Court of Canada with an expanded legal team.
Ross Clark applied Tuesday for leave to appeal a Nov. 13 B.C. Court of Appeal verdict and is seeking an expedited hearing before the nation's top judges.
Clark said prominent eastern Canadian law firms Torys and Osler Hoskin and Harcourt volunteered to act as consultants and agents, respectively.
An appeal court tribunal agreed with a lower court judge last month that the Games program is under the sole control of the International Olympic Committee. Clark said his argument remains unchanged, that government-backed VANOC is contravening the constitution by organizing the Games without female ski jumpers.
Defence lawyer George Macintosh is opposing Clark's fast-track bid on two counts. He said the plaintiffs' action is without merit and they have failed to move promptly after the IOC's late 2006 decision against adding a women's division.
Meanwhile, Macintosh said he would exercise the court-granted option to seek reimbursement from the plaintiffs for legal bills.
"VANOC will seek costs."
