What is the scope of a director's fiduciary duty to a minority shareholder?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Westmore v. Old MacDonald Farms Ltd., 1986 CanLII 900 (BC SC):

I am reluctant to further extend the scope of a director’s fiduciary duty to a minority shareholder in the circumstances of this case by using Dusik v. Newton as a springboard. The decision

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