Fiduciary Duty

The Court of Appeal for Ontario has upheld a summary judgment finding that an office manager misappropriated more than $1.18 million from her employer’s personal accounts, but set aside part… …

A failed trucking joint venture between family friends has resulted in a judge setting aside a Mareva injunction after finding that the plaintiffs themselves helped strip the insolvent company of …

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ordered a company founder to pay $450,000 in legal costs after he was found to have breached his fiduciary duties, engaged in oppression,… …

A Manitoba court has struck a wrongful dismissal and breach of contract lawsuit in its entirety against a property management company’s senior manager, a tenants association, and two volunteer board …

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has dismissed an application by AFX Mixing & Pumping Technologies for a second injunction that would have prevented its former managing director and his family …

An Alberta court has dismissed a waste management company’s application for an interlocutory injunction to prevent a former operations manager and his new employer from servicing its clients, finding the… …

A British Columbia winery wrongfully dismissed its general manager and chief winemaker without cause, failing to prove allegations of fraud and misconduct that emerged only after the termination, the BC… …

The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ruled that a former employee of Batten Industries cannot discharge debts owed to her former employer through bankruptcy, including a damages award and …

The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia has rejected a motion by former employees of Unisys Canada and their new company, Meraki IT Consulting, to have more than 40 claims against …

In a high-stakes dispute between two entrepreneur brothers, an Ontario court has dismissed claims by the older sibling for an equal share in a successful tech startup, while awarding damages …