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Dispute over landscaping repairs results in personal penalties against condo directors and a fascinating governance war story

/ Owner - November 27, 2014

Court decisions holding corporate directors personally liable for acting in bad faith tend to be few and far between in Canadian jurisprudence. The recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Boily et al v Carleton Condominium Corporation 145 et al, 2014 ONCA 574, did just that. Although at first blush Boily appears to deal with condominium law, it also has some important messages for corporate directors. The decision in Boily is a reminder of the expensive personal consequences that can result from directors breaching their duties as board members – regardless of their level of compensation or the nature of the corporation on whose board they sit.        Read more………..

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