Cases considered: R. v. Caron, 2009 ABCA 34.
PDF Version: Interim Costs Order Upheld in Language Rights Case
Gilles Caron was awarded interim costs in relation to expert and legal fees for a language rights claim that was eventually allowed by the Alberta Provincial Court (see my previous posts La Belle Province? Developments in Alberta Language Rights Cases, Special Enough? Interim Costs and Access to Justice). Caron’s language rights claim is now before the Alberta Court of Appeal, but in the meantime the Court upheld the interim costs order to Caron and clarified the jurisdiction of superior courts to grant such orders in quasi-criminal proceedings in provincial court.