What is the legal test for establishing that a party is not a director of a closely-held corporation?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Moon Dancer Fishing v. Tryon, 2015 BCSC 686 (CanLII):
The court must consider the reasonable expectations of the parties by reference to the applicable corporate structure. In the case of closely-held corporations, however, determination of the relationships and expectations between the parties will also be coloured by familial or personal realities: Hui v. Hoa, 2015 BCCA 128, at paras. 40, 51.
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