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Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation lawyers on Tuesday rebutted evidence presented by Ron Barlas's lawyers in an ongoing legal battle with the suspended Denesoline CEO.

Lawyers for Ron Barlas laid out their defence in a Yellowknife courtroom yesterday. They say there's some serious problems with previous evidence.

Suspended Denesoline CEO Ron Barlas designed contracts which gave him the power to bankrupt the company “at his whim”, lawyers for Denesoline owner Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation argued in Northwest Territories Supreme Court on Friday.

A lawsuit alleging that millions of dollars were taken from companies owned by the Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation (LKDFN) in the N.W.T. has devolved into a battle between two groups of lawyers.

Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation is alleging that a law firm hired to help its businesses instead helped a former CEO defraud those businesses of millions of dollars. The law firm says the allegations are without merit.

The Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation in N.W.T. is accusing the now-suspended CEO of its economic arm of not only using his position and authority to steal millions, but also to get himself a house in Yellowknife. 

The former CEO of Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation’s economic arm says he grew the operation financially thanks to his ‘efforts, reputation and connections’.

Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer said it represented three Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation companies in the case, but on Friday one of the firm's lawyers told the N.W.T Supreme Court that was no longer the case.

A lawyer told the court Friday the attempted wire transfer last week was "inappropriate." A Supreme Court Judge made a freezing order on Ron Barlas's assets indefinite, meaning it doesn't have to be revisited every 10 days.

YELLOWKNIFE — A Northwest Territories Supreme Court justice has ordered that Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation companies be put in the care of a receiver-manager as…