What are the implications of the Court of Appeal's decision not to award costs in public-interest litigation?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Lancaster v. Compliance Audit Committee et al., 2013 ONSC 7631 (CanLII):

Nevertheless, costs in public-interest litigation “are to be awarded on a principled basis”: see Harris v. Canada (T.D.), 2001 FCT 1408 (CanLII), [2002] 2 F.C. 484 (F.C.T.D.) at para. 217.

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