Jellema v. American Bullion Minerals Ltd. deals with the issue of representation of a corporation by counsel and whether a firm can represent the corporation and a number of shareholders at the same time. The application to remove was brought by minority shareholders who were of the view that the corporate interest of an insolvent company was not coincident with the interests of the shareholders (one of whom wanted to purchase the assets of the company). The Court agreed with the position concluding that there was a definite conflict of interest as the company would want to maximize the purchase price of the assets while the purchaser would naturally want to purchase at the lowest price possible.
