What is the test for a special costs award in the context of family law?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Lessard v Mahoney, 2019 BCSC 551 (CanLII):

The test for a special costs award, as outlined in Garcia, applies in the family law context: Friedlander v. Claman, 2015 BCSC 482 at para. 23; C.L.M. v. M.J.S., 2017 BCSC 1517 at para. 11.

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