Is a successful party entitled to costs if they are unsuccessful in their claim?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Dyer v. Dyer, 2016 BCSC 1115 (CanLII):
The onus of persuading the court that it should depart from the usual rule that the successful party is entitled to costs rests on the unsuccessful litigant: Judge v. Judge, 2015 BCSC 1240 at para. 12.
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