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The Court of Appeal upheld the striking of a statement of claim as vexatious and an abuse of process, and dismissed the appeal with costs.
The court dismissed cross-applications to remove an estate administrator and to release funds, but ordered disclosure steps and payment of prior costs from the administrator’s share.
Application for document production dismissed because the requested TD Bank records were sought only to impeach credibility, which is not a proper basis for disclosure under Rule 7-1.
The Court of Appeal for Ontario quashed the appeal for repeated non-compliance with support and parenting orders, awarding $20,000 full-indemnity costs.
The Application was an abuse of process and disclosed no cause of action, was in part statute-barred, and did not merit continuation; costs should be awarded to the Respondent and, in the exercise of the Court's discretion and applying Tariff C principles, the appropriate award is $16,000 to be paid by the Applicant (Karen Turner-Lienaux) rather than by her counsel.
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The Supreme Court of British Columbia struck a self-represented plaintiff’s civil claim as disclosing no reasonable cause of action and as an abuse of process.
Appeal from interlocutory case-management orders was summarily dismissed as frivolous and vexatious under s. 21 of the Court of Appeal Act.
Costs awarded to respondent because the Board served its responding materials before the applicants served their Notice of Abandonment and filed them minutes thereafter, the Registrar authorized the costs motion, and the court exercises its discretion under r.61.14(4) to award costs; the claimed amount was reasonable and proportionate to the work and experience of counsel.
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The Federal Court dismissed Kaniz Fatema’s appeal from an order striking her claim for want of jurisdiction and awarded solicitor-and-client costs.
The Federal Court dismissed an appeal from an order striking a statement of claim. It found no reviewable error and awarded costs of $1,260.
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