The legal team of a well-known local developer has accused the City of Brampton of failing to produce important documents after learning emails relating to the $28.5 million civil case weren’t filed with the court.

Brampton Councillor John Sprovieri took the stand in Orangeville court earlier this week to testify in the ongoing $28.5 million civil case levelled by a local developer.

Sprovieri was on the stand all day Tuesday (May 22) answering questions regarding alleged bias in the 2009 southwest quadrant and City Hall expansion bidding process.

Inzola Construction Inc alleges it was unfairly disqualified from bidding on the project as a result of bias from former mayor Susan Fennell and senior staff members at the time.

None of the allegations has been proven in court.

The seven-year legal drama, now before the Ontario Court of Justice, took another interesting turn after Sprovieri testified to complaints and concerns he shared with fellow councillors and staff in emails in 2014.

The only problem is, court was told neither lawyers for the plaintiff or the City had ever seen them before.

Sprovieri testified about one email in particular, where he said he raised concerns with all members of council and some senior City staff members regarding issues such as construction delays and the cost of the building and lease.

He testified he also stated concern in the email regarding Fennell bullying staff, and that he believed the same may have occurred in the Inzola case.

Once it became clear neither the plaintiff nor the defense had any record of the email, Sprovieri offered to produce a copy, which he said was in his car.