Does stress of a lay litigant have an impact on an award of costs?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Neil v Martin, 2022 BCSC 134 (CanLII):
The plaintiff also submits that the stress of a trial for a lay litigant ought to have an impact on an award of costs. As I stated in Singh v. Chand, 2019 BCSC 2055 at para. 344:
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