The applicant husband brought motions to find the respondent wife in contempt for failing to provide timely disclosure, and for various other relief including the sale or winding up of their jointly owned companies and former matrimonial home, an advance on legal fees, and an extension of the limitation period to seek equalization.
The court dismissed the contempt motion, finding the wife's delay was not wilful or deliberate.
The court declined to order the sale of the companies or the home given the existence of separation agreements that dealt with those assets, but granted preservation orders restraining the wife from encroaching on corporate funds or the home's equity.
The request for an advance on legal fees was dismissed, and the limitation period extension was adjourned to trial.
