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Close Elections Equal Closer Scrutiny
In Garcha v. Khalsa Diwan Society - New Westminster (decided in 2006), the British Columbia Court of Appeal upheld a trial court decision setting...
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Election Results Upheld Despite Irregularities
In Dumont v. Manitoba Metis Federation Inc. (decided in 2004), the Manitoba Court of Appeal allowed an appeal from a trial court decisio....
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Sask. Court Invalidates Election and Orders New List of Members
In Ray v. Morin (decided in 2002), Justice Allbright of the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench found that there were sufficient grounds to invalidate...
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That's Not Cricket: Arbitration Run Amok
In Cricket Canada v. Bilal Syed (released May 2017), the Ontario Superior Court of Justice set aside part of the award of a single arbitrator who went ...
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Appeal to Members to Resolve Problem of Rival Boards
Croatian Peasant Party of Ontario v. Zorkin (decided 1981) involved warring factions within a not-for-profit corporation, each of which had called meetings
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The Perils of Boycotting an Election of Directors
In Assn. of Pakistani Canadians of Man. Inc. v. Sheiikh (decided 1987), the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench declared...
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A Court's Inherent Power to Postpone a Properly Called Election
In Toronto Humane Society v. Milne (a 2001 decision), the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ordered a meeting of members to be postponed even ...
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B.C. Court Sets Aside Rigged Election
In Chan v. Chin Wing Chun Tong Society of Canada (a 1999 decision), the Supreme Court of British Columbia set aside the election of directors of a soci...
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Judicial Review of Elections
The Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act permits a corporation, or any director or member of the corporation..
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Enfranchisement Principles Applied to Overturn Results of Election
In Ngouandi v. Assemblée communautaire fransaskoise (A.C.F.) Inc. (released July 2018), the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench applied...