Tim Ludwig Professional Corp. v. BDO Canada LLP, 2017 ONCA 292. The Ontario Court of Appeal upheld an award of $100,000 for humiliation and reputational injury caused by a partner's bad-faith expulsion. The partnership's special obligations of utmost good faith made that harm reasonably foreseeable.
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Tim Ludwig Professional Corp. v. BDO Canada LLP, 2017 ONCA 292
The Ontario Court of Appeal upheld an award of $100,000 for humiliation and reputational injury caused by a partner's bad-faith expulsion. The partnership's special obligations of utmost good faith made that harm reasonably foreseeable.
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