Is a trial judge’s award of costs reasonable?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Taseko Mines Limited v. Western Canada Wilderness Committee, 2017 BCCA 431 (CanLII):
A trial judge’s award of costs is entitled to considerable deference, and will only be interfered with if the judge failed to exercise that discretion judicially or exercised it on a wrong principle: Baiden v. Vancouver (City), 2010 BCCA 375 at para. 18.
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