Anderson v Double M Construction Ltd.

Decided: 2026-11-09. Docket: CA51317. Citation: 2026 BCCA 444 (CanLII). Procedure — Appeals — Security for costs — Standard for merits assessment — Whether impecuniosity requires finding appeal “bound to fail” before ordering security — Preliminary assessment of merits weighed with other factors, including financial means — No mandatory “bound to fail” threshold — Application to vary dismissed | Procedure — Chambers practice — Interests of justice — Contextual balancing — Whether security for costs turns on a multi-factor, case-specific analysis — Timeliness, likelihood of recovery, merits, and appellant’s means considered — Merits treated as one factor on a spectrum — Application to vary dismissed | Procedure — Appellate review — Variation application — Standard of review — Whether applic