What constitutes substantial indemnity costs?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Hordo v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, 2021 ONSC 7229 (CanLII):

Substantial indemnity costs are only warranted in rare and exceptional cases where a party has engaged in behaviour worthy of sanction, such as where there has been reprehensible, scandalous or outrageous conduct on the part of one of the parties: Davies v. Clarington (Municipality), 2009 ONCA 722 at paras. 28-33.

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