Mr. Justice William Grant has determined the Pension Board did not act in a vexatious, frivolous, repugnant or outrageous way by bringing the lawsuit and, it appears to him, Ferguson saw the trial as a public inquiry into the Pension Board.
Ferguson's lawyer Rod Gillis had previous estimated his legal costs at 2 and a half million dollars to be on the low side but the final figure will be a fraction of that.
The judge also ruled the Pension Board did not silence Ferguson.......It was the lack of support from his fellow Councillors that did that.
The jury had recommended contemptuous damages of 100 dollars.
There will be a new hearing on July 11th.
