The applicants, the estranged wife and daughter of the respondent, brought an application for an oppression remedy under the Business Corporations Act, seeking to remove the respondent from the family's chemical business and force him to sell his shares to them.
The respondent brought a counter-application seeking the reverse.
The court found that the relationship between the parties had irreparably broken down, resulting in a corporate deadlock.
Applying section 207 of the Act, the court ordered the respondent, who was the founder and primary manager of the business, to buy out the applicants' shares at fair market value, as this aligned with the parties' reasonable expectations.