Does a self-represented litigant have an automatic right to recover costs?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Geremia v. Harb, 2008 CanLII 19764 (ON SC):
[73] Nevertheless, a self-represented litigant does not have “an automatic right to recover costs. The matter remains fully within the discretion of the trial judge. . . . The trial judge maintains a discretion to make the appropriate costs award, including denial of costs”: see Fong v. Chan, supra, at paragraph [25].
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