Veil Piercing Revisited: Comparing The BH Frontier And TOKI Cases

In claims involving corporations, "veil piercing" can be transformative. It refers to situations where the court ignores the separate legal identity of the corporation, arguably the central concept in corporate law, and holds the corporation's shareholders or directors personally liable for the company's actions. Two recent cases, BH Frontier Solutions Inc. v. 11054660 Canada Inc. (Canadian Choice Supply), 2024 ONCA 93 ("BH Frontier") and Chu De Québec-Université Laval v. Tree of Knowledge International Corp., 2024 ONSC 3541 ("TOKI"), offer an interesting contrast in whether and how courts decide to pierce the corporate veil. I recently wrote about the TOKI case here, so let's start with a discussion of the more recent BH Frontier decision from the Court of Appeal for Ontario.