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Civil procedure 2025 BCSC 2461

Degen v. British Columbia (Public Safety)

Costs reasons in a personal injury action. The court refused to give effect to a late settlement offer, awarded ordinary costs on Scale B, and denied costs for the costs application.

  • Offers to settle (rule 9-1)
  • Discretion to award or deny costs
  • Litigation misconduct and sanctions
  • Release terms in settlement offers
  • Scale b costs
  • Double costs doctrine
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Contract law 2024 BCSC 1634

Culos Development (1996) Inc. v. Baytalan

The court held that Culos was the substantially successful party on the main dispute and awarded it Scale B costs throughout, including costs of the costs application.

  • Specific performance
  • Damages
  • Costs awards
  • Offers to settle (rule 9-1)
  • Apportionment of costs
  • Costs-awards
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Civil procedure 2024 BCSC 1193

Din v. Oliveira Funeral Services Ltd.

On a post-trial costs application, the court dismissed special costs but awarded double costs from October 10, 2023 after finding a $10,000 offer was reasonable.

  • Special costs
  • Double costs
  • No-evidence motion (rule 12-5(4))
  • Offers to settle (rule 9-1)
  • Assessment of party-and-party costs
  • Special-costs
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Trusts and estates 2023 BCSC 1051

Lambrecht v. Lambrecht Estate

The court refused special costs in an estate dispute but awarded double costs to the defendant after a reasonable settlement offer expired.

  • Undue influence
  • Resulting trust
  • Special costs
  • Double costs
  • Offers to settle (rule 9-1)
  • Summary trial
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Contract 2022 BCSC 2028

King v. Mounce

Supplementary reasons on costs and interest: special costs were refused, but increased costs and double costs were awarded, and interest on punitive damages was limited.

  • Punitive damages
  • Pre-judgment interest
  • Costs orders
  • Special costs
  • Offers to settle (rule 9-1)
  • Slip rule (rule 13-1(17))
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Civil procedure 2022 BCSC 1435

Canfield v. Bronze Wines Ltd.

The Court awarded pre-judgment interest at Registrar rates and decided several costs issues after trial, including double costs for Continental’s unaccepted offer.

  • Court order interest act
  • Offers to settle (rule 9-1)
  • Bullock/sanderson orders (rule 14-1(18))
  • Apportionment of costs (rule 14-1(15))
  • Unconscionable transaction
  • Pre-judgment-interest
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Civil litigation 2022 BCSC 833

Lee v. MacLean

Supplementary costs reasons after trial: the court ordered double costs from the plaintiff’s first offer date, but refused increased costs under Appendix B s. 2(5).

  • Offers to settle (rule 9-1)
  • Double costs
  • Increased costs (appendix b s.2(5))
  • Settlement privilege
  • Costs assessment on scale b
  • Loss of future earning capacity
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Defamation 2021 BCCA 91

Gichuru v. Purewal

The Court of Appeal set aside a costs order in a defamation appeal and remitted special costs, party-and-party costs, and Rule 9-1 issues for reconsideration.

  • Special costs
  • Offers to settle (rule 9‑1)
  • Party and party costs
  • Vicarious liability
  • Punitive damages
  • Sufficiency of reasons
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Civil procedure 2021 BCSC 160

Dhillon v. Robertson

Post-trial costs ruling in a property dispute: double costs under Rule 9-1 were refused because settlement offers were not served on all parties of record.

  • Offers to settle (rule 9-1)
  • Costs awards and double costs
  • Service of offers
  • Discontinuance and costs (rule 9-8)
  • Pre-judgment interest
  • Constructive trust
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Tort 2020 BCSC 1500

Qiao v. Owners, Strata Plan LMS 3863

In a post-trial costs ruling, the court held that the defendants’ first formal offer should have been accepted and split costs by date of expiry.

  • Assault and battery
  • False arrest and imprisonment
  • Offers to settle (rule 9-1)
  • Costs awards
  • Substantial success
  • Costs-awards
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