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Civil 2024 BCSC 993

Yang v. Lu

The court dismissed an application to set aside or vary an ex parte Mareva injunction, finding no lack of full and frank disclosure and no basis to disturb the order.

  • Mareva injunction
  • Full and frank disclosure
  • Breach of trust
  • Trustees de son tort
  • Dissipation of assets
  • Variation of interlocutory orders
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Corporate law 2023 BCSC 404

Ren v. Eastern Platinum Limited

The court refused leave for the derivative action as filed, but held the matter was not an abuse of process and allowed a narrowed claim against Diana Hu to be resubmitted.

  • Derivative action
  • Leave to commence suit
  • Breach of fiduciary duty
  • Negligence by directors
  • Good faith requirement
  • Best interests test
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Corporate law 2022 BCSC 2395

Taxplus Income Tax Preparation Inc. v. Swint

Swint’s request for access to SquireCo’s accounting records was dismissed because it was sought for a collateral purpose. Taxplus succeeded in obtaining an AGM and quorum variation.

  • Access to corporate records
  • Annual general meeting
  • Quorum variation
  • Business valuation
  • Share buyout
  • Consent order
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Corporate law 2022 BCSC 2504

Bhuthal v. Sahsi

The court held it had jurisdiction to appoint an independent person to conduct the corporate defendants’ defence, because the proposed amendments created potential conflicts of interest.

  • Appointment to conduct litigation
  • Conflict of interest
  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Oppression remedy
  • Special director
  • Corporate-law
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Corporate law 2021 BCCA 441

Sonic Holdings Ltd. v. Savage

The Court of Appeal dismissed Sonic Holdings’ appeal, holding that the BCA governed the conflicted TCS transactions and that the trial judge’s fairness findings stood.

  • Business corporations act division 3 (conflicts)
  • Onus of proof in fiduciary conflicts
  • Procedural and substantive fairness under s.150 bca
  • Derivative/creditor action under bia s.38
  • Expert accounting evidence
  • Fiduciary-duty
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Corporate law 2021 BCCA 80

Enliven Holdings Inc. v. Wong

The Court of Appeal upheld dismissal of an application for an interim advance of defence costs, holding the unanimous shareholder agreement displaced the broader by-law indemnity.

  • Indemnity and advancement
  • Unanimous shareholder agreement
  • By-laws vs shareholder agreement
  • Canada business corporations act s.124
  • Standard of review for contractual interpretation
  • Indemnity-and-advancement
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Corporate law 2019 BCSC 72

Nieuwesteeg v. Ehman

The court upheld a unanimous shareholders’ agreement requiring unanimous board consent and dismissed the petition to invalidate it.

  • Unanimous shareholders' agreement
  • Unanimous consent resolution
  • Fettering of directors' discretion
  • Conflict with articles of incorporation
  • Declaratory relief
  • Costs
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Corporate law 2018 BCSC 813

Gill v. Kalgidhar Darbar Sahib Society

La Cour suprême de la Colombie-Britannique a rejeté une demande d’autorisation d’action dérivée, jugeant que le requérant n’agissait pas de bonne foi et poursuivait surtout un objectif politique.

  • Derivative action
  • Good faith in derivative claims
  • Best interests of the society
  • Breach of bylaws
  • Authorization of expenditures
  • Removal of officers
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Corporate law 2017 BCSC 1813

Tracey v. Gokturk

The court declined to interfere with the shareholder meeting process in a corporate deadlock, but ordered Payfirma to provide shareholder email addresses and phone numbers.

  • Deadlock
  • Proxy solicitation
  • Shareholder meeting requisition
  • Directors' duties (s.122 cbca)
  • S.144 cbca
  • S.247 cbca
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Civil litigation 2017 ONCA 183

Ontario Psychological Association v. Mardonet

The motion judge correctly struck the paragraphs seeking contribution and indemnity because the six individual defendants owed no duty of care to the appellant; alleged supervisory failings do not create a legal duty to the employee and no tenable basis existed for attributing liability for the appellant's conversion to the individuals; accordingly leave to amend was properly denied and the appeal is dismissed.

  • Duty of care
  • Contribution and indemnity
  • Striking pleadings
  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Negligence act
  • Director liability
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