In what circumstances will a judge grant special costs in a personal injury case where she found that relevant records were not disclosed at a very early stage of the litigation?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bernie’s Ltd. v. Bykerk, 2009 BCSC 1028 (CanLII):
In Laface v. McWilliams, 2005 BCSC 1766, Kirkpatrick J. (as she then was) dealt with an application for special costs in circumstances where she found that certain relevant records had not been disclosed at an early stage of the litigation.
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