What constitutes a "unusual circumstances" or an award that is "unjust or grossly inadequate"?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Shen v West Continent Development Inc. (BC0844848), 2022 BCSC 462 (CanLII):

Section 2(5) does not prescribe what constitutes “unusual circumstances” or an award that is “unjust or grossly inadequate”. This inquiry is highly fact-specific: Herbison v. Canada (Attorney General), 2014 BCCA 461 at para. 42.

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