The Superior Court of Ontario in Canada rejected on Thursday to hear businessman Karlheinz Schreiber's lawsuit against former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
A judge decided that his court does not have jurisdiction over the dispute, saying that Schreiber has not made "a good arguable case" that the matter should be heard in Ontario.
Schreiber filed the lawsuit against Mulroney in March to get back 300,000 Canadian dollars (300,000 U.S. dollars), plus interest, that he alleges he gave the former prime minister over three meetings in hotel rooms in New York and Montreal in 1993 and1994.
In his statement of claim, Schreiber said the cash was to enlist Mulroney's help in establishing an arms factory in Quebec and a pasta business in Ontario. He claimed Mulroney did not follow through on his business commitments.
Mulroney's lawyers argued Schreiber's suit should not proceed since the allegations leveled at the former prime minister, who lives in Quebec, have no real connection to Ontario.
The lawsuit prompted Prime Minister Stephen Harper to order a public inquiry into Mulroney's dealings with Schreiber. In an investigation by the ethics committee of the House of Commons, Mulroney admitted last week that he did take 225,000 Canadian dollars (U.S. dollars) in cash from Schreiber, saying this is the "second biggest mistake" in his life.
Source: Xinhua
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