Our clients, the majority shareholders of an apartment hotel, successfully resisted the oppression claims of a minority shareholder. We defended claims for an injunction and then negotiated a favourable buyout of the minority shareholder’s interest in the business. Read More →
Topics
- Appeals
- Commercial Arbitration
- Commercial Lease Disputes
- Contract Disputes
- Default Judgments
- Defence of Oppression Remedy
- Employment Law
- Garnishments
- Guarantees
- Injunctions
- International Commercial Arbitration
- International Judgment Enforcement
- Investment Disputes
- Oppression Remedy
- Real Estate Litigation
- Securities Dealer disputes
- Shareholder Dispute
- Shareholder Disputes
- Wrongful Dismissal
Research Scientist receives compensation
Our client, a post-doctoral research scientist, was hired on contract for a scientific research project by a laboratory of a major hospital. When scientists at other research facilities published data on a similar topic, the project leader lost interest in our client’s research and terminated our client without compensation. Read More →
Global Alliance Manager receives large compensation
Our client, a mid-50’s woman who worked for over five years as Global Alliance Manager with a TSX-listed company, was summarily dismissed. The Vice-President, Human Resources and the Vice-President, Marketing assured her that her termination was no reflection of her work but the result of a corporate decision to restructure the department. Read More →
Settlement with Investment Dealer makes clients’ losses good
Our clients entrusted their substantial investment portfolio to an advisor employed by a Canadian investment dealer. The investment advisor failed to follow our clients’ investment instructions and they suffered significant losses in a number of stocks. As a result of the advisor’s failure to communicate with our clients, a substantial part our clients’ holdings were wrongly sold at a very disadvantageous price. Read More →
Enforcement of large New York judgment in Ontario after intense litigation
Our client, the subsidiary of an internationally-known auction house, loaned a substantial amount to fund a Toronto businessman’s purchase of exotic art pieces. The businessman defaulted on the loan. Court proceedings took place in a federal court in the United States. Read More →
Wrongful dismissal settlement for senior hi-tech sales executive
Our client, a senior sales executive of a multi-national hi-tech corporation, was terminated after 9 years’ employment, due to the company’s decision to restructure its sales force. On our advice, our client rejected the company’s offer to pay his salary for only four more months. Read More →
Commercial lease and real estate damages against “nightmare” tenant
Our client, a Toronto businessman, purchased a suburban office building from a bank after the owner defaulted on the mortgage. On the eve of the closing, a large tenant prevented the closing by claiming it had a right of first refusal to purchase the building. Read More →
No personal liability under guarantee for company’s debt
As a result of our advocacy, the Ontario Court of Appeal unanimously overturned a judgment against our client. Our client, one of the shareholders in a British Columbia distribution company, was sued personally for the debts of his company, which had gone out of business. Read More →
Settlement in shareholder dispute involving auto dealerships and real estate
Our client, an equal shareholder of an enterprise which owned auto dealerships and commercial real estate, was oppressed by the actions of his business partner after 10 years of working together. Among other matters, the other partner embarked on a clandestine plan to move one of the dealerships to a larger property and purchased the property on his own. Read More →
Success at trial in inter-provincial food distribution dispute
Our client, a Canadian prairie grain farmer with a large acreage, was sued by an Ontario customer for failing to supply a large order of lentils of a certain quality. Our client was unable to supply the anticipated quality of lentils because weather conditions deteriorated the crop. Read More →