Is central management determined based upon the exercise of control over a company?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Stewart v Stewart, 2017 BCSC 1532 (CanLII):

Central management is determined based upon the exercise of control over a company, not the management of its day-to-day operations: Right Business Limited v. Affluent Public Limited, 2011 BCSC 783 at paras. 34-36, 40 [Right Business].

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