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Costs
Motion for security for costs—Plaintiff invoking impecuniosity based on Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106 (as am. by SOR/2004-283, s. 2), r. 417—R. 417 discretionary, requiring Court to balance number of factors, including strength of evidence before Court—Full, frank and “robust particularity” required to demonstrate impecuniosity—Court not exercising discretion in r. 417 to deny defendant security for costs—Impecuniosity not made out with robust particularity—Order for security for costs appropriate—$10,000 security for costs for first stage of proceedings to end of discoveries payable—Motion allowed in part.
Coombs v. Canada (T-776-07, 2008 FC 837, Aalto P., order dated July 4, 2008, 6 pp.)
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