For several years, Sault developers Jeff Avery and Dr. Patricia Avery’s plans for a Pointe Estates subdivision in a rural area of the city’s far west end has been the subject of hotly-contested legal battles between the couple’s lawyers and the residents group Pointes Protection Association (PPA).

As reported earlier by SooToday, the matter is now headed to the Supreme Court of Canada, to be addressed in a one-day hearing in Ottawa Nov. 12.

The Supreme Court’s decision is expected “in five or six months,” said Orlando Rosa, lawyer for the Averys, speaking to SooToday Wednesday.

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