Following a wrongful dismissal trial in which the plaintiff recovered modest damages equivalent to three months’ salary, the court addressed costs.
The action had been brought in the Superior Court although the recovery fell within Small Claims Court jurisdiction.
The court found that the plaintiff had expanded a simple wrongful dismissal claim with unfounded allegations of conspiracy and inducement, unnecessarily increasing complexity and cost.
Concluding that the proceeding should have been brought in Small Claims Court and that the defendants had been put to unnecessary expense, the court denied the successful plaintiff any costs and ordered the plaintiff to pay costs to the defendants.
