What are the principles governing the issue of costs in estate litigation?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Todd v. Walker, 2009 BCSC 537 (CanLII):
A helpful statement of the principles governing the issue of costs in estate litigation was set out by Martinson J. in Steernberg v. Steernberg, 2007 BCSC 953, in which she noted:
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