Is a respondent required to pay costs of both the appeal and the proceeding below?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Schuppener v. Pioneer Steel Manufacturers Limited, 2020 BCCA 370 (CanLII):
The appellant’s position is that the respondent should be required to pay costs of both the appeal and the proceeding below. That is said to be in accordance with the usual rule that the successful party on appeal is awarded costs of the appeal and costs in the trial court—so as to compensate the party who succeeds on appeal in achieving the position that was advanced from the start of the action: Stene v. Telus Communications Company, 2019 BCCA 353 at para. 2.
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