The moving parties sought an interlocutory injunction preventing the responding parties from excluding them from jointly operating several addiction-treatment medical clinics and pharmacies following a breakdown in their business relationship.
The applicants also sought directions regarding patient communications, access to clinics, and division of software and other assets.
Applying the test for interlocutory injunctions from R.J.R.-MacDonald Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), the court held that the applicants failed to demonstrate irreparable harm if access to the clinics was denied.
The court found that the applicants had already established alternative clinic locations and were intending to compete with the respondents.
Instead of granting the injunction, the court ordered a structured disengagement process, including patient choice protections and limited directions regarding software and patient database access.