Does the Respondent have to pay his own costs in a personal injury case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kuzyk v. Simeoni, 2017 ONSC 6732 (CanLII):
He further argues that there are unnecessary and inflammatory statements in the Respondent’s affidavit such that, as in Roach v. Roach, 2001 Carswell 454, is a sufficient reason to require him to pay his own costs.
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