In what circumstances can a cablegram be used to convey instructions to a proxy?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Beatty v. First Explor. Fund 1987 & Co., 1988 CanLII 3066 (BC SC):

In Sadgrove v. Bryden, [1907] 1 Ch. 318, the court approved of the use of a cablegram to convey instructions concerning the manner in which the holder of a proxy was to vote.

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