Is a plaintiff entitled to a fee for commencing a Part 7 action?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Mollaei v. Luo, 2015 BCSC 1143 (CanLII):
Relying on the decision of Registrar Sainty in Park v. Koepke, 2013 BCSC 1806, the plaintiff claims the fee for commencing the Part 7 action on the basis that it is an adjunct to the tort litigation. The defendants submit that this is not a proper disbursement in a tort action.
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