Can a judge order that a successful party be deprived of some or all of its costs?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Bajwa v Habib, 2019 BCSC 721 (CanLII):

Reasons that can justify an order for special costs against an unsuccessful party can also justify an order that a successful party be deprived of some or all of its costs: see Gichuru v. Smith, 2013 BCSC 1818 at para. 11.

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