When can a court order a cost under a tortfeasor’s order for costs in any event or cost in the cause?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from 566320 Alberta Ltd. v. Lethbridge (City of), 2005 ABCA 244 (CanLII):
In Huet v. Lynch, Rooke J. differentiated between “costs in the cause” and “costs in any event of the cause”. He did not directly address the issue of when the costs awarded under such directions are payable.
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