The Court ordered the unsuccessful self-represented counterclaimant to pay the successful defendant's costs on a standard basis, holding that self-representation, impecuniosity, and disparity in resources are not sufficient grounds to depart from the general rule that costs follow the event. The Court ordered costs be quantified as a gross sum by the Costs Court rather than through standard taxation, given the protracted 18-year history of the proceeding and the likelihood that detailed taxation would generate further unrecoverable costs. No costs order was made in respect of a summary dismissal application that the successful party filed but did not press.
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