What are the costs of a court hearing the case?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from FWC Holdings Ltd. v. Virtue Films Inc., 2009 BCSC 1563 (CanLII):

With regard to costs, costs would normally follow the event. There are no strict list of “good reasons” to depart from the rule, which lies in the discretion of the court hearing the matter: Scott v. Scott, 2007 BCCA 392.

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