What authority does the Court have to order costs against a solicitor?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from M.D. v. Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society, 2010 ONSC 2831 (CanLII):
It has long been recognized that the court has a common law jurisdiction to oversee its own processes. This authority was recognized by McLachlin J. (as she then was) in Young v. Young, 1993 CanLII 34 (SCC), [1993] 4 S.C.R. 3, [1993] S.C.J. No. 112 [“Young” cited to S.C.J.] at para. 254: It is clear that the courts possess jurisdiction to make [a costs award against a solicitor], often under statute and, in any event, as part of their inherent jurisdiction to control abuse of process and contempt of court.
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