On July 13, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada released Wilson v Alharayeri, 2017 SCC 39 [Wilson], in which it unanimously reaffirmed that a corporation’s directors, as opposed to the corporation, may be personally liable in an oppressive action. This provided much-needed clarity on the scope of potential personal liability of directors and officers under […]
The oppression remedy empowers shareholders in commercial disputes by giving legal effect to their reasonable expectations of. A claim in s.241 of the Canada Business Corporations Act, RSC 1985, c C-44 [CBCA] is premised on a personal right of the shareholders. An oppression claim can be brought in a number of circumstances, including by a […]
A landmark decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal (“ABCA”) in Sandhu v Siri Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara of Alberta, 2015 ABCA 101 [Sandhu], extends the oppression remedy outside of the corporate context and into the governance of religious organizations. Where governing members of religious organizations act oppressively, Alberta’s Religious Societies’ Land Act, RSA 2000, c […]