Are costs ever ordered after a conference, based on a party's extreme unreasonableness? It seems to me the court could use rule 24 (10) to move things along if one party is intransigent after a conference or three. I'm interpreting "each step" to include conferences. Without an incentive like this, I know that a party can give up before a reasonable outcome is reached, because of the cost and effort involved in the two years or so leading up to a trial, especially if the other party is intransigent.
The reasonable party giving up could result in children having more time with an unreasonable, uncompromising, intransigent parent. Do costs ever get ordered at a conference?
" Promptly after each step in the case, the judge or other person who dealt with that step shall decide in a summary manner who, if anyone, is entitled to costs, and set the amount of costs. O. Reg. 114/99, r. 24 (10)."
The reasonable party giving up could result in children having more time with an unreasonable, uncompromising, intransigent parent. Do costs ever get ordered at a conference?
" Promptly after each step in the case, the judge or other person who dealt with that step shall decide in a summary manner who, if anyone, is entitled to costs, and set the amount of costs. O. Reg. 114/99, r. 24 (10)."
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