Is a lawyer representing himself entitled to special costs?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Easton v. Easton, 2002 BCSC 1076 (CanLII):
As with this case, the plaintiff in Skidmore v. Blackmore was represented by a non-practising lawyer. However, the court does not address the issue of whether a lawyer representing himself is entitled to, in effect, pay himself special costs.
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