What is the oppression remedy in condominium law?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Seto v Peel Condominium Corporation No. 492, 2015 ONSC 6785 (CanLII):

As held in Niedermeier v. York Condominium Corporation No. 50 2006 CanLII 21788 (Ont. S.C.J.), the principles of oppression developed in the corporate law jurisprudence are apposite in determining what constitutes oppressive or unfairly prejudicial conduct in a condominium context. In the corporate law jurisprudence, the oppression remedy is designed to protect the reasonable expectation of the complaining party. In order to determine those reasonable expectations, the court must examine the conduct complained of, the nature of the relationship between the parties, the extent to which the subject conduct was foreseeable, and the detriment to the interests of the unit owners.

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