What is the legal framework and legal principles within which an order for costs will be made?
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
The following excerpt is from Fong v Rees, 2022 NLCA 1 (CanLII):
These rules and relevant case law provide the framework and legal principles within which an order for costs will be made. While a costs award is discretionary in nature, on appeal the award may be set aside where the trial judge has made an error in principle or the costs award is “plainly wrong” (Hamilton v. Open Window Bakery Ltd., 2004 SCC 9, [2004] 1 S.C.R. 303, at paragraph 27). Decision of the Applications Judge
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