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Intervention - Costs. Caruso v. Law Society of Ontario
In Caruso v. Law Society of Ontario (Ont CA, 2025) the Ontario Court of Appeal considered a combined motion for intervention by several paralegal-related entities, here in an appeal from a JR dismissing the appellant's "application challenging the Law Society of Ontario’s restrictions on the permitted scope of practice for paralegals in immigration matters".
The court states the usual practice of not awarding costs for or against intervenors:[25] Ordinarily, intervenors are neither awarded costs nor have costs awarded against them: Daly v. Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation, 1999 CanLII 7319 (ON CA) at para. 6, citing Harper v. Harper (1979), 1979 CanLII 168 (SCC), Young v. Young 1993 CanLII 34 (SCC). . Zarei v. Iran (Islamic Republic of)
In Zarei v. Iran (Islamic Republic of) (Ont CA, 2023) the Court of Appeal considers costs where an intervenor is involved:[30] An unsuccessful party is not normally entitled to its costs. There is no reason to depart from that rule in this case, particularly since the appellants are seeking costs from an intervenor, who is normally neither liable for, nor entitled to costs: Daly v. Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (1999), 1999 CanLII 7319 (ON CA), 124 O.A.C. 152 (Ont. C.A.), at para. 6. ...
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