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Security for Costs on Appeals by Impecunious and Vexatious Litigants

Cases Considered: Opal v. White, 2008 ABCA 25

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The very short judgment of Mr. Justice Frans Slatter in Opal v. White is an unlikely candidate for a comment. It is barely more than a page – a scant seven paragraphs – and it cites neither rules nor precedents in deciding three applications for security for costs. Nevertheless, the judgment’s treatment of the issue of security for costs on an appeal of an order declaring the appellant to be a vexatious litigant is noteworthy.

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Alberta’s New Vexatious Litigant Law Applied

Cases Considered: O’Neill v. Deacons, 2007 ABQB 754

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The Alberta government passed new legislation in June of 2007 to give courts in the province more power to deal more effectively with “vexatious litigants.” These individuals were described by the Honourable Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Ron Stevens, in the Legislative Assembly on second reading of the amendments, in the following terms:

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