In what circumstances have special costs been denied?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Gichuru v. York, 2012 BCSC 1385 (CanLII):

In Cunningham v. Slubowski, 2004 BCSC 1204, aff’d 2006 BCCA 220, MacKenzie J. (as she then was) said the following in relation to an unsuccessful litigant’s application for special costs:

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