What is the test for determining whether the facts in a case are "egregious" or "special or egregious"?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Gichuru v. Pallai, 2014 BCSC 2330 (CanLII):

In Pomerleau v. Thorpe, [2009] B.C.J. No. 722 (S.C.), Mr. Justice Rogers recognized that there is no exhaustive list of what facts amount to a special or egregious circumstance.

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