Is a judge permitted to order additional costs for a trial that is taking longer than originally scheduled?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kostecki v. Li, 2015 BCSC 1356 (CanLII):
The trial taking longer than originally scheduled is the kind of special circumstance that permits a court to “otherwise order” despite these prescribed costs: Yip v. Saran, 2014 BCSC 1593.
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