Can a bankrupt litigant be entitled to a disproportionate amount of costs?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sahyoun v. Ho, 2015 BCSC 392 (CanLII):
In Fixova v. Matous, 2014 BCSC 2215 at para. 64, Affleck J. summarized various authorities and concluded, “[i]mpoverished status does not permit a litigant to use it as a shield against a costs award.”
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