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Dec
01
1998

Oppression

Posted in Lawyers' Issues

We have previously discussed how the oppression remedy can be used to obtain judgments against directors and officers of a corporation (Gignac Sutts and Woodall Construction Co. v. Harris, October 1998 newsletter). The latest case on the oppression remedy under the Business Corporations Act, Levy-Russell Ltd. v. Shieldings Inc., an unreported 1998 Ontario Court (General Division) decision, deals with the use of the remedy by an “involuntary creditor”.

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Dec
01
1998

Left Hand – Right Hand

Posted in Lawyers' Issues

The case of Sherwood Design Services Inc. v. 872935 Ontario Limited (1998), 39 O.R. (3d) 675 (C.A.) is fascinating, not for the law on which it expounds but as an illustration of what solicitors ought not to do.

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