What constitutes conduct capable of supporting an award of costs on a punitive scale?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Authorson (Guardian of) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2002 CanLII 44976 (ON CA):
[12] It is also argued that the conduct in question cannot constitute conduct capable of supporting an award of costs on a punitive scale because that same conduct was found lawful and appropriate by Joyal J. in Callie v. Canada, [1991] 2 F.C. 379 (F.C.T.D.).
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