SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA
Citation: National Bank of Canada v. Weir, 2010 NSSC 93
Date: 20100310
Docket: Hfx No. 307548
Registry: Halifax
Between:
National Bank of Canada Plaintiff
and
Lowell R. Weir Defendant
LIBRARY HEADING
Judge: The Honourable Justice Gerald R. P. Moir
Heard: January 20, 2010
Subject: Contempt
Summary: Injunctions were issued under the Bank Act prohibiting Mr. Weir from making proxy solicitations for the bank's annual meeting and requiring him to name those he had already solicited. The bank alleged that a message he posted on a blog and his failure to name the blog audience violated the order.
Issues: Whether Mr. Weir was in contempt of the injunctions?
Result: The orders did not prohibit the kind of message Mr. Weir posted, nor did they require him to name the blog or its audience.
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