What is the test for a reviewing court to interfere with an order of costs?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cotter v. Cotter, 2015 BCCA 289 (CanLII):
A reviewing court should interfere with an order of costs only if the trial judge has made an error in principle or if the costs award is plainly wrong: Hamilton v. Open Window Bakery Ltd., 2004 SCC 9at para. 27.
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