Is M'Chigeeng First Nation entitled to be added as a party to a costs action?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Neshkiwe v. Hare, 2020 ONCJ 285 (CanLII):
M’Chigeeng First Nation had fair warning that by asking to be added as a party, it faced liability for a costs order. At ¶ 84 of Neshkiwe v. Hare, 2020 ONCJ 42, I said “[a]nd as a party, M’Chigeeng faces costs exposure. It will be open to the father to argue about liability and apportionment, if it is determined at some point in the future that an order for costs is appropriate”.
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