Does a plaintiff have to pay costs if the action is allowed to proceed?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Piche v. TD Securities, 2013 ONSC 7127 (CanLII):
In Horn v. Stefausis, 2012 ONSC 6141 (CanLII), where the action was allowed to proceed, the plaintiff did not seek costs. That is not the circumstance on this motion where the plaintiffs seek their costs.
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