Law360 Canada ( September 15, 2025, 2:02 PM EDT) -- Appeal by Frank and 628578 B.C. Ltd. (578) from a judgment which ordered the purchase of shares as the appropriate remedy following an oppression claim. Cedar Products Ltd. (Cedar) was started by Frank and Tom. They were shareholders, directors and employees of the corporation. Tom terminated Frank’s employment with Cedar. He was excluded from the premises and denied access to information. Frank brought an oppression claim against Tom, Wescon Cedar Products Ltd. and Wescon Holdings Ltd. (collectively, the “respondents”). The chambers judge (judge) found the respondents engaged in oppressive and unfairly prejudicial conduct toward Frank and that it would be just and equitable to provide a remedy. She determined the appropriate remedy was to require the respondents to purchase Frank’s shares for half the total amount indicated in the valuation report filed in evidence, which included a deduction for goodwill, plus pre-judgment interest. She denied Frank’s other claim for compensation, including 13 months’ salary or wages over and above the 11 months he had already been paid, finding that Frank and Tom were paid only for the work they performed as employees. Frank appealed arguing that the judge erred in denying him compensation for the termination of his employment based on the notion of an aggrieved person, awarding simple court-ordered interest instead of compound interest, accepting the valuator’s midpoint share value, and making a “deduction” of goodwill. The respondents contended that the judge was entitled to conclude that Frank was not owed any more compensation. As for the deduction for goodwill, they highlighted that Frank and 578 did not account for the negative value of goodwill in the valuation report....