Is a litigant's limited financial circumstances a shield against any liability for costs?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Eskandari v. Rowshani-Zafaranloo, 2021 ONSC 6084 (CanLII):
A litigant’s limited financial circumstances mat nor be used as a shield against any liability for costs when the litigant has behaved unreasonably. It may be relevant to the issue of the quantum or scale of costs, but not to another party’s entitlement thereto: Parsons v. Parsons, 2002 CanLII 45521 (ONSC), at para. 12. CONCLUSION AND ORDER
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