What is the reasonableness of the parties' positions, arguments and conduct in the context of the issue of costs?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wiafe v. Afoakwa-Yeboah, 2021 ONCJ 424 (CanLII):
[23] The reasonableness of the parties’ positions, arguments and conduct are relevant to the issue of costs. An important function of costs is to uphold the integrity of our justice system. Costs are one way of ensuring the resources of the justice system are not unduly drained by clearly unreasonable claims and ill-advised litigation strategy. See: Weber v. Weber, 2020 ONSC 6855.
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