Does a party have to pay costs incurred by the other side in an action to be transferred to small claims court?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Korlyakov v. Riesz, 2020 ONSC 6622 (CanLII):
In its discretion to transfer an action to small claims court, this court may require a party to pay the costs incurred by the other side for steps that would not have been necessary in a small claims court action (see Mehrabi v. Colangelo, supra).
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