In what circumstances will the Court of Appeal award excessive cost awards?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Crich Holdings and Buildings Limited et al. v Becky, 2016 ONSC 1652 (CanLII):
In Young v. Young, 1993 CanLII 34 (SCC), [1993] 4 S.C.R. 3, at p.134, McLachlin J. indicated that elevated cost awards are warranted “only where there has been reprehensible, scandalous or outrageous conduct on the part of one of the parties”.
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