Does the Court have to award double costs in the context of a motor vehicle accident?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Domtar Inc. v. Univar Canada Ltd., 2012 BCSC 510 (CanLII):
It is my view that refusing an award of double costs in the circumstances here would ignore the important deterrent function of the costs rules: see, for example, Martin v. Lavigne, 2010 BCSC 1610.
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