Does impecuniosity need to be proven to be a defence against costs?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ren v. Weisdorf, 2009 CanLII 22570 (ON SC):
In Hallum v. Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College[1] the court reiterated that where a plaintiff uses impecuniosity as a shield against a costs order, details and convincing proof of impecuniosity must be presented.
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