Can a chambers judge order security for trial costs?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from E.B. v. British Columbia (Child, Family and Community Services), 2020 BCCA 263 (CanLII):
The Act does not confer explicit authority on a chambers judge to order security for trial costs, but such orders have been made pursuant to the powers of a justice to make an interim order to prevent prejudice to any person: s. 10(2)(b) of the Act. Unlike security for appeal costs, the onus is on the respondent to show that it is in the interests of justice to order security for trial costs: Chung v. Shin, 2017 BCCA 355 at para. 29.
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