Can a director, officer or employee of a corporation be liable for personal conduct?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from United Ventures Fitness Inc. v. Twist, 2019 ONSC 3613 (CanLII):
A director, officer, or employee of a corporation may be liable for personal conduct if that conduct gives rise to an independent action in tort. This includes the tort of defamation: Best v. Spasic, [2004] O.J. No. 5765 (S.C.), at paras. 12-13. In Best v. Spasic, the court stated that the “corporate veil does not operate to protect directors, officers or any other employee from personal conduct that is tortious and upon which an independent action in tort can be shown”: at para. 12.
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