Is a successful party entitled to costs in a motion?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Francisco v. Francisco, 2018 ONSC 708 (CanLII):
However, the presumption of entitlement to costs is a rebuttable one and the successful party is not always entitled to costs (see Ramsay v. Ramsay, 1999 CanLII 15027 (ONSC)) unless a party has acted unreasonably.
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