What is the purpose of an award of special costs?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hy’s North Transportation Ltd. v. Yukon Zinc Corporation, 2014 BCSC 2291 (CanLII):
In Dawson v. Dawson, 2014 BCSC 44, Mr. Justice Barrow described that an award of special costs generally serves two purposes, writing at para. 58: …first, it compensates the party in whose favour the award is made, usually to the point of indemnifying that party for the legal expenses incurred; and second, it serves to sanction the party whose conduct gives rise to the award.
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