What is the purpose of granting indigent status?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Fixova v. Matous, 2014 BCSC 2215 (CanLII):
The purpose of granting indigent status was commented on by Hall J.A., in chambers, in Trautmann v. Baker, [1997] B.C.J. No. 452 at para. 4: ... As I see it, the underlying rationale for the granting of indigent status is to ensure that no litigant will be denied access to the courts by reason of impecuniosity. ... [T]he concern of the court must be that no arguably meritorious case should be prevented from getting a hearing merely because a person is without the financial resources to carry on with the litigation ... Impoverished status does not permit a litigant to use it as a shield against a costs award.
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