Does a summary judgment motion that was reasonably brought and then abandoned disentitle the responding party to its costs?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Inzola Group Limited v The Corporation of the City of Brampton, 2017 ONSC 3822 (CanLII):
The fact that a summary judgment motion may have been reasonably brought and then abandoned does not disentitle the responding party to its costs: Augustine v. Inco Ltd., [2005] O.J. No. 1618.
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