What is the meaning of the term “reprehensible” in the context of solicitor-client costs?

New Brunswick, Canada


The following excerpt is from Black v. Norris and Registrar General of Land Titles Assessment of Costs, 2012 NBQB 387 (CanLII):

In the oft-cited case of Leung v. Leung, [1993] B.C.J. No. 2909 (S.C.), Esson C.J.S.C. discussed the meaning of the term “reprehensible,” as used in the test for determining whether solicitor-client costs should be awarded. He writes as follows (at para. 5): “…’reprehensible’ is a word of wide meaning. It can include conduct which is scandalous, outrageous or constitutes misbehavior; but it also includes milder forms of misconduct. It means simply ‘deserving of reproof or rebuke’.”

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