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Civil procedure 2025 BCSC 2128

1003730 B.C. Ltd. v. 0969939 B.C. Ltd.

The court adjourned a default damages assessment only on strict conditions, including special costs, payment of the existing bill, and $25,000 security for costs.

  • Default judgment
  • Adjournment
  • Setting aside judgment
  • Special costs
  • Security for costs
  • Assessment of damages
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Civil litigation 2024 BCSC 1786

Wong v. Wong

The court awarded special costs for the last four days of a nine-day trial because the defendant relied on false and intentionally altered documents.

  • Special costs
  • Party and party costs
  • Reprehensible conduct
  • Falsified documents
  • Disclosure
  • Adjournments
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Civil procedure 2022 BCCA 204

AM Gold Inc. v. Kaizen Discovery Inc.

The Court of Appeal refused special costs on the appeal and ordered party-and-party costs under Appendix B, finding no reprehensible conduct by AM Gold.

  • Special costs
  • Party and party costs
  • Non-disclosure agreement interpretation
  • Fabricated evidence
  • Reprehensible conduct
  • Palpable and overriding error
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Civil litigation 2022 BCSC 1019

Lucarino v. Rast

The court dismissed a motion for special costs against plaintiff’s counsel after a failed summary trial, finding no marked misconduct or basis to order counsel personally to pay.

  • Special costs
  • Personal costs against counsel
  • Solicitor-client privilege
  • Summary trial procedure
  • Pleading deficiencies
  • Inadmissible affidavit evidence
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Civil litigation 2022 BCSC 544

Aero Attack Systems Inc. v. Safari Express Aircraft Maintenance Ltd.

The court awarded special costs to Safari Express from the date of the settlement agreement, finding post-settlement delay, obstruction, and baseless attacks on counsel reprehensible.

  • Special costs
  • Reprehensible conduct
  • Settlement agreement
  • Service of documents
  • Summary trial
  • Law society complaint
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Civil procedure 2020 BCCA 264

Tsai v. Li

Extension of time to file the motion book was granted, but leave to appeal a special costs award was denied.

  • Special costs
  • Leave to appeal
  • Apportionment of costs
  • Reprehensible conduct
  • Extension of time
  • Standard of review for costs
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Family law 2019 BCCA 238

Sandhu v. Mangat

The Court of Appeal refused special costs in a counsel-disqualification appeal, finding the application lacked merit but did not amount to reprehensible conduct.

  • Disqualification of counsel
  • Special costs
  • Reprehensible conduct
  • Delay
  • Waiver
  • Improper motive
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Family law 2019 BCSC 149

Murray v. Murray

The court refused special costs after dismissing the family proceeding for want of prosecution, finding the claimant’s delay was not reprehensible conduct.

  • Special costs
  • Dismissal for want of prosecution
  • Reprehensible conduct
  • Special-costs
  • Want-of-prosecution
  • Reprehensible-conduct
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Family law 2018 BCCA 351

Almasri v. Saska

The Court of Appeal dismissed a review application seeking leave to appeal a costs order, holding there was no error in principle in refusing leave.

  • Special costs
  • Leave to appeal
  • Reprehensible conduct
  • Witness immunity
  • Charter challenge
  • Standard of review for chambers decision
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Civil litigation 2018 BCSC 437

Gibson v. F.K. Developments Ltd.

La Cour a accordé des dépens spéciaux jusqu’au 24 janvier 2017, puis des dépens à l’échelle B jusqu’au procès, en raison d’une conduite procédurale répréhensible.

  • Tree cutting
  • Special costs
  • Offers to settle
  • Counterclaims
  • Abuse of process
  • Reprehensible conduct
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