L. McSweeney

The applicant, a director of a corporation, sought leave to bring a derivative action on behalf of the corporation against two other directors.

The applicant alleged that the other directors misappropriated returned deposit funds from a failed real estate transaction by diverting them to another company they controlled and distributing them to themselves and select partners.

The court found the applicant was acting in good faith and that the proposed action was in the interests of the corporation.

Leave was granted to the applicant to commence the derivative action, but the request for advance costs was denied.

The parties, who were married for less than a year, disputed the ownership of a dog named Casper.

The responding party commenced an application for the return of the dog but subsequently removed the dog from the moving party's home without his consent.

The moving party brought a motion for the interim return of the dog.

The court condemned the responding party's use of 'self-help' while simultaneously seeking the court's assistance.

The court ordered the interim return of the dog to the moving party pending a final determination of ownership and directed the parties to schedule a settlement/trial management conference.