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The court adjourned a motion to convert an oppression application into an action, instead ordering a share buyout.
The Respondents moved to convert an oppression remedy application into an action, asserting material facts were in dispute.
The Applicants sought a sale of shares.
The court, exercising its case management authority, adjourned the conversion motion.
Instead, recognizing the parties' shared ultimate objective of a share divestment, the court ordered the Respondents to purchase the Applicant's shares and established a comprehensive timetable for expert valuation, aiming to expedite the resolution of the long-standing corporate dispute.
Judicial review of First Nation COVID-19 bylaw dismissed for mootness as it was already repealed.
The applicant sought judicial review of a COVID-19 pandemic response bylaw enacted by the Fort William First Nation Chief and Council, arguing it was ultra vires.
The impugned bylaw was repealed before the application was filed.
Applying the Borowski test, the Federal Court dismissed the application for mootness and declined to exercise its discretion to hear it, noting that proceeding would lack practical utility and intrude into the legislative sphere of the band council.
