What is the test for making a special resolution at a meeting?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hong v. Young Kwang Presbyterian Church of Vancouver, 2007 BCCA 29 (CanLII):
The appellant also relies on the decision of Armstrong v. Clark [2002] B.C.J. No. 1009 where Scarth J., following English authority, held at para. [30] that: In the case of special resolutions they must be passed in the exact form appearing in the notice and may not be amended at the meeting.
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