Are special costs punitive and serve as a chastise to the offending party?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kim v Choi, 2019 BCSC 1792 (CanLII):
Special costs are punitive and serve to chastise the offending party: Ip v. Insurance Corp of British Columbia (1994), 89 B.C.L.R. (2d) 251 at para. 7.
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