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Breach of Contract by a Company: A Potential Path to Personal Liability for Directors

When a business enters into a contract with another company, it must carry the risk…

Oppression Remedies Should Not Be Based Solely On Agreements Between Stakeholders

A recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision considered the role that agreements signed between corporate…

Award for $182,000 Relating to “Loss of Business Value” Set Aside by Divisional Court

A recent decision from the Divisional Court of Ontario Superior Court of Justice set aside…

Shareholders’ Agreement Helps Founder Obtain Oppression Remedy

The oppression remedy protects individuals with an interest in a corporation from corporate actions that…

Corporate Directors & Personal Liability for Unpaid Wages

A recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal in Abbasbayli v. Fiera Foods Company…

The Condominium Act & The Oppression Remedy

We have previously written about the remedy of oppression, and how it applies to the…

The Discoverability of Oppression Claims

The Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) in Maurice v. Alles (2016) found section 4 of…

Oppression Claims & The Business Judgment Rule

Oppression is defined under the Ontario Business Corporations Act as conduct that is “oppressive or…

Oppression and the Right to Financial Information

Recently we wrote to provide an overview of the Oppression Remedy. There, we learned that…

The Oppression Remedy: An Overview

When corporate actions or decisions negatively impact those with interests in the corporation (including directors,…

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