“Council had no authority to make mayor pay”

Is it possible that there was no authority in law to remove Mayor Ford from office? That is what his lawyer Alan Lenzcner will argue.  City council acted outside its jurisdiction when it ordered Mr. Ford to repay the money, therefore rendering all actions after it “a nullity”, according to counsel It’s unlikely there will be any decision from the Divisional Court panel today after today’s hearing at Osgoode Hall.  National Post