Court Uses Oppression Remedy to Get to Successor Employer and Shareholders:

In Wisser v CEM International Management Consultants Ltd, 2022 ABQB 414 Justice Hollins had to determine who was liable to pay the wrongful dismissal damages of 18 months. Here is what happened.

Shortly after terminating the Plaintiff and getting sued by him, the two shareholders stopped taking buisness under the original company. They incorporated a new company , sold the assets of the old company to their new company and carried on essentially the same business as before, using the same directors and shareholders and even using the same trade name.

Using the oppression remedy analysis, the court found that both the successor corporations and the directors/ shareholders were liable to pay the full judgement.

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