What is the difference between reprehensible conduct leading to a special costs award?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from The Owners, Strata Plan VR 390 v. Harvey, 2014 BCSC 2580 (CanLII):
For the purposes of determining whether there has been reprehensible conduct leading to an award of special costs, the court can consider both conduct leading to the lawsuit and conduct in the course of the lawsuit: See Chudy v. Merchant Law Group, 2009 BCCA 93.
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