What is the impact of substantial success at trial?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cabezas v. Maxim, 2014 BCSC 1633 (CanLII):
The issue of substantial success at trial was discussed by Mr. Justice Bouck in Fotheringham v. Fotherhingham, 2001 BCSC 1321 at paras. 45-46, 13 C.P.C. (5th) 302, where he wrote:
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