What is the test for making a special costs award?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bruce v. Vaughan, 2014 BCSC 2249 (CanLII):
The purposes behind awards of special costs and the principles that govern the court in making such an award were summarized by Walker J. in Mayer v. Osborne Contracting Ltd., 2011 BCSC 914:
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