Can conduct which makes the resolution of an issue far more difficult than it should have been attract a special costs award?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Zhang v 328633 B.C. Ltd., 2021 BCSC 650 (CanLII):
Conduct which “make[s] the resolution of an issue far more difficult than it should have been” may attract a special costs award: Chapman at para. 10, citing Mayer v. Osborne Contracting Ltd., 2011 BCSC 914 at para. 11.
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