In what circumstances will the court award solicitor and client costs?
Northwest Territories, Canada
The following excerpt is from K. (B.), 2000 NWTSC 56 (CanLII):
In Meek v. Northwest Territories (1992), 14 C.P.C. (3d) 360 (S.C.), de Weerdt J. added that an award of solicitor and client costs should be made only in rare and exceptional circumstances to mark the court s disapproval of the conduct of a party in litigation .
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