What is the case law on the principle that financial hardship is not a sufficient basis for a court to rule that a plaintiff is financially hardship enough to be entitled to claim an additional cost?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from M.L.L. v. W.J.L., 2005 BCSC 332 (CanLII):

Robinson v. Lakner, [1998] B.C.J. No. 1047 (B.C.C.A.) is usually cited as authority for the proposition that financial hardship in itself is not a sound basis for departing from the usual rule with respect to costs.

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