Is the Respondent entitled to reasonable costs in a personal injury case?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from Dundas v. Schafer, 2012 MBQB 200 (CanLII):
Without question the Respondent was the successful litigant. As stated in Gabb v. Gabb, 2001 MBCA 19, the successful litigant is normally entitled to reasonable costs, unless there are “collateral or special reasons to depart from this principle.”
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