What are the obligations of directors of a corporation that they control?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from A.C.S. v C.J.S, 2021 BCSC 1193 (CanLII):
Where, as here, those incomes are paid from corporations that they control (or have until recently controlled), determining their respective obligations under the Guidelines is more complicated. In Wiebe v. Treissman, 2017 BCSC 1523, Justice Kent conveniently summarised the provisions of the Guidelines that may assist in these circumstances:
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