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Doncaster v. Field

Court Supreme Court
Date 2013-03-19
Citation 2013 NSSC 110
Docket 398333, Tru 393916
Judge/Registrar/Adjudicator Bourgeois, Cindy A. (Honourable Justice) (SC)
Document Type Library Sheet
Relations Decision - Doncaster v. Field - 2013 NSSC 110 - 2013-03-19 - Decision

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SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA

Citation: Doncaster v. Field, 2013 NSSC 110

 

Date: 20130319

Docket: Tru  393916 / 398333

Registry: Truro

 

Between:

Ralph Ivan Doncaster

Appellant

v.

 

Jennifer Lynn Field

Attorney General of Canada

Respondents

 

LIBRARY HEADING

 

Judge:                            The Honourable Justice Cindy Bourgeois

 

Heard:                           September 18, 2012, in Truro, Nova Scotia

 

Final Written

Submissions:                   February 20, 2013

 

Written Decision: March 19, 2013

 

Subject:                          Availability of costs on Section 810 summary conviction appeal; Impecuniosity of Appellant.

 

Summary:                      The Appellant launched two appeals pertaining to a recognizance obtained pursuant to Section 810 of the Criminal Code.  The individual Respondent, the Appellant’s estranged spouse, sought costs following the dismissal of the appeal.

 

Result:                           The Court concluded costs were available in the circumstances, and that the Appellant failed to establish he should be immune from such an award.

 

 

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