Can a plaintiff who does not provide full disclosure of relevant medical information to the doctor providing the medical-legal report be denied costs?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cairns v. Gill, 2011 BCSC 420 (CanLII):
In Bagasbas v. Atwal, 2009 BCSC 793, Satanove J. held that a plaintiff who did not provide full disclosure of relevant medical information to the doctor providing the medical-legal report was not entitled to costs, pursuant to Rule 14-1(10):
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