What are some examples of "incivility, frivolity and impertinence" in the context of increased court costs?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Boissonnault v Marler, 2021 BCSC 678 (CanLII):
Similarly, in Berthin v. British Columbia (Registrar of Land Titles), 2017 BCCA 181 at para. 43, the court described common reasons to award increased costs as including “actions taken in bad faith, disobedience of court processes, incivility, frivolity, and impertinence”.
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