Is there any case law where a plaintiff’s counsel fees are subsidized by a third party?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from S.R. v. A.R. et al, 2003 BCSC 1500 (CanLII):

Counsel also cited Dusik v. Newton (1984), 1984 CanLII 690 (BC SC), 51 B.C.L.R. 217 (S.C.) where Meredith J. held in a special costs case that it mattered not that the plaintiff’s counsel fees were subsidized by a third party.

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