Confirms that where statutory demand proceedings are mooted by a supervening event (here, the debtor's bank repaying funds directly to creditors) rather than the debtor's capitulation, and the bulk of evidence has not been read, the court will likely make no order as to costs. the complexity of underlying dealings and absence of a merits determination can displace the UCPR r 42.20 starting point that a plaintiff in dismissed proceedings pays the defendant's costs.
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