What is the impact of security for costs on access to justice?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from L.S. v. G.S., 2016 BCSC 1130 (CanLII):

An important consideration in making an order for security for costs against an individual is access to justice, Bronson v. Hewitt, 2007 BCSC 1751:

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