What is the test for a motion to evict a party who is unable to pay the moving party's legal costs?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Blackstock v Comeau, 2018 ONSC 193 (CanLII):
The moving party must provide evidence that either there are no other resources available to fund the legal cost or expense to carry the case, or alternatively, that it would not be fair or reasonable for that party to access those resources for litigation: Woodburn v. Woodburn, 2016 ONSC 6694 (CanLII), at para. 29.
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