In a previous post, You Get it Right and it's Still a Misrepresentation: the Paradox in Pretium, we reported on the decision of Justice Belobaba in Wong v Pretium Resources Inc. granting leave to the plaintiff to commence an action for secondary market misrepresentation under Part XXIII.1 of the Ontario Securities Act.

On December 1, 2017 the Divisional Court dismissed the defendants' motion for leave to appeal.

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