What factors will be considered by the court when determining the appropriate scale of a person's sexual assault?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from AM Gold Inc. v Kaizen Discovery Inc., 2021 BCSC 1777 (CanLII):

In Maras v. Seemore Entertainment Ltd., 2014 BCSC 1842, Justice Abrioux enumerated the following factors to be considered by the court in determining the appropriate scale:

Mort v. Saanich School District No. 63, 2001 BCSC 1473 at para. 6 sets out various factors to be considered in determining the appropriate scale of costs under the former scales. They include: (a) the length of trial; (b) the complexity of issues involved; (c) the number and the complexity of pretrial applications; (d) whether the action was hard fought with little conceded; (e) the number and length of examinations for discovery; (f) the number and complexity of expert reports; and (g) the extent of the effort required in the collection and proof of facts.

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