[5] As a general principle, costs follow the event. Thus, when an appeal is allowed, this court’s general practice is to set aside the costs order below and award the successful appellant costs below and of the appeal: St. Jean v. Cheung, 2009 ONCA 9, at para. 4; Hunt v. TD Securities Inc. (2003), 2003 CanLII 48369 (ON CA), 40 B.L.R. (3d) 156, 66 O.R. (3d) 481 (C.A.), at para. 2, leave to appeal to S.C.C. refused, [2003] S.C.C.A. No. 473. For this reason, s. 18(1) of the court’s practice direction instructs parties to be prepared to address all costs issues at the hearing of the appeal (emphasis added): “Practice Direction Concerning Civil Appeals in the Court of Appeal”, (March 1, 2017).
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