Oppression remedy  In corporate law in Commonwealth countries, an oppression remedy is a statutory right available to oppressed shareholders. It empowers the shareholders to bring an action against the corporation in which they own shares when the conduct of the company has an effect that is oppressive, unfairly prejudicial, or unfairly disregards the interests of a shareholder. It was introduced in response to "Foss v Harbottle", which had held that where a company's actions were ratified by a majority of the shareholders, the courts will not generally interfere. It has been widely copied in companies legislation throughout the Commonwealth, including:  The "Companies Ordinance" of Hong Kong also contains similar provisions. An oppression remedy, intended to operate as an alternative to winding up a company, was adopted as s. 210 of the "Companies Act 1948", which declared:  In the "Companies Act 2006", the relevant provision is expressed in s. 994 (and the Secretary of State has similar authority under s. 995):  Conduct that is considered to constitute "unfair prejudice" has been given a broad interpretation, which can include:  The conduct is not confined to a specific group. In "Re HR Harmer Ltd", Jenkins LJ noted that the definition is "wide enough to cover oppression by anyone who is taking part in the conduct of the affairs of the company whether "de facto" or "de jure"." Therefore, it can cover the actions of:  Provisions similar to s. 210 of the 1948 UK Act were first introduced into Canadian law through the 1975 passage of the "Canada Business Corporations Act". It incorporated recommendations made in 1962 by the UK Jenkins Committee on Company Law for removing the linkage of the remedy with that of winding-up and for broadening its scope. Canadian legislation (both federally and in all provinces other than Prince Edward Island) provides for a broad approach to the oppression remedy (). In "Peoples Department Stores Inc. (Trustee of) v. Wise", the Supreme Court of Canada noted:  A "complainant" is deemed to be a current or former registered security holder, a current or former director or officer, the Director appointed under the "CBCA", or "any other person who, in the discretion of a court, is a proper person to make an application under this Part." In that regard, it can include a creditor of the corporation (but not every creditor will qualify), as well as a trustee appointed under the "Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act" or a monitor appointed under the "Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act".