Does the City have "special reasons" to deny double costs or to award solicitor-client costs?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Edmonton (City of) v. Lovat Tunnel Equipment Inc., 2002 ABQB 1033 (CanLII):
Rotek argues that the City’s allegations do not come close to amounting to “special reasons” to deny double costs or to award solicitor-client costs and, even if they did, Rotek did not and has not conducted itself in a manner “significantly more deserving of censure” than the City itself, which is the test set out in Morris v. Hunt, supra.
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