Can a court order a charging order against costs of a contempt application?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from HMTQ v. Millar, 2006 BCSC 734 (CanLII):
More recently, in Lin v. Leung (1992), 1992 CanLII 1400 (BC SC), 64 B.C.L.R. (2d) 248 (S.C.), Donald J. held that the successful plaintiffs in a contempt application were entitled to a charging order against money that had been paid into court in separate interpleader proceedings in order to secure their costs in prosecuting the contempt motion.
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