A woman who surreptitiously married her ex-boyfriend after he suffered a “catastrophic” brain injury spent six years fighting his family in court — paid for by Ontario’s taxpayer-funded legal aid system. It is the first time that Legal Aid Ontario has been ordered to pay costs in a losing case it funded. Half of the $385,000 must be paid by Legal Aid. A Legal Aid Ontario spokesperson said it considers itself a “funder” of legal services, not a lawyer or “party,” to be held liable. “Legal Aid Ontario has a process when it comes to approving financing for legal aid certificates, with various checkpoints along the way.

Source: thestar April 21, 2018 22:13 UTC