What are some cases where a defendant has been ordered to pay special costs for adduced expert opinion evidence?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Yeomans v Buttar, 2021 BCSC 1394 (CanLII):
The plaintiff refers to Heppner v. Schmand, [1996] BCJ 602 and [1996] BCJ 1149, as an example of special costs being awarded against a defendant who adduced expert opinion evidence from an engineering firm whose evidence had been rejected in a number of cases with repeated judicial admonishment respecting lack of professionalism and inappropriate advocacy.
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