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The Court of Appeal dismissed a family law appeal, a fresh evidence motion, and a review motion, and ordered costs of $6,000 payable to Ms. Tiveron.
The addendum holds that the phrase "outstanding costs orders" includes both the costs orders made by Roberts J.A. and those made by the three-judge panel; it specifies the total amounts owing and orders the responding parties to pay $19,000 to Bluekat Capital Corp. and $12,780 to Harsha Rathod by August 28, 2024.
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Respondent's deliberate misrepresentations, failure to disclose, repeated and unsupported adjournment requests, and breach of trust in converting the applicant's insurance proceeds constituted reprehensible and outrageous conduct that unreasonably increased costs; therefore, under the Civil Procedure Rules and applicable authorities the applicant is entitled to full solicitor-and-client costs assessed at $12,327.92 as a lump sum, payable immediately and enforceable as part of the final order.
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The court ordered the children returned to Revelstoke after an unilateral move to Fort Saskatchewan, and reinstated interim shared parenting time.
The court granted security for costs against a Turkish corporation with no British Columbia assets, ordering $50,000 security for each applicant.
The Court of Appeal dismissed Sean Morriss’s appeal, upholding the setting aside of default judgment and the dismissal of his claim as barred by a prior vexatious litigant order.
The court set aside default judgment and dismissed Sean Morriss’s claim because it breached an earlier vexatious litigant order, and awarded British Columbia special costs.
The garnishment Order was interlocutory because it was made within the ongoing oppression action to enforce prior cost awards, did not finally determine the parties' substantive rights nor end a discrete proceeding, and therefore the Court of Appeal lacked jurisdiction to hear the appeal; the appeal was quashed and any further appeal lies to the Divisional Court under CJA s.19(1)(b).
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The Federal Court granted an extension of time and corrected a clerical error in a reconsideration motion, but otherwise upheld enforcement of the costs award and dismissed leave to file a reply affidavit.
The Assessment Officer concluded he had jurisdiction to assess costs despite alleged informal settlement; he could not consider appellants' financial difficulties or order the Law Society to release funds; he assessed the Bill of Costs against Tariff B, allowing 14.5 units for assessable services ($2,030.00), disallowing second counsel fees under Item 22(b) for lack of court direction, allowing disbursements of $1,395.32, and certified total costs of $3,425.32 payable by the appellants to the respondents.
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