When will an advance of funds be used to fund litigation expenses?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Murtack v Murtack, 2019 BCSC 487 (CanLII):
The respondent urged me to consider that such an advance should not be used to fund ordinary litigation expenses. He relied on the reasons of Mr. Justice Macaulay in Ansari v. Ansari, 2000 BCSC 634 at paras. 22 and 23:
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