What are the implications of an award of special costs in a personal injury case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Pete Walry Construction Ltd. v. Canadian Adventure Company Holdings Ltd., 2017 BCSC 595 (CanLII):
An award of special costs has been described as “unusual”: Lam at para. 83, as the “exception”: Raven v. A&W Ranching Limited., 2016 BCSC 2360 at para. 10 and “awarded only in the clearest of cases”: Saopaseuth at para. 49.
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