Date: 20020429
Docket: T-647-01
Neutral citation: 2002 FCT 485
BETWEEN:
LEON GRINSHPUN
Plaintiff
- and -
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Defendant
Assessment Officer
[1] The Court granted the Defendant's application, which was made on the basis that the statement of claim disclosed no reasonable cause of action, was scandalous, frivolous and vexatious and was an abuse of process, to strike the statement of claim without leave to amend and to dismiss the action with costs. I issued a timetable for written disposition of the Defendant's bill of costs.
[2] The Plaintiff asserted that his constitutional rights were violated and that conspiracy, bias and prejudice in the judicial system brought it into disrepute. The Defendant argued that the difficult nature of this litigation justifies the costs as claimed.
Assessment
[3] The Plaintiff's position is without merit. The Defendant's bill of costs, presented at $1,580.19, is assessed and allowed at $1,580.19.
(Sgd.) "Charles E. Stinson" Assessment Officer
Vancouver, B.C.
April 29, 2002
FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA
TRIAL DIVISION
NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD
DOCKET: T-647-01
STYLE OF CAUSE: LEON GRINSHPUN
Plaintiff
and
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Defendant
ASSESSMENT OF COSTS IN WRITING WITHOUT PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF PARTIES
REASONS BY: Charles E. Stinson
DATED: April 29, 2002
SOLICITORS OF RECORD
Morris Rosenberg For Defendant
Deputy Attorney General of Canada