Roussy v. Savage, 2020 BCSC 487

JurisdictionBritish Columbia
JudgeWatchuk
Citation2020 BCSC 487
Docket Number169159
CourtSupreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
Date31 March 2020
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11 practice notes
  • Belpacific Excavating & Shoring Limited Partnership v. Crown and Mountain Creations Ltd.,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • March 16, 2022
    ...is “a fact-based inquiry driven by the nature of the litigation and the conduct of the parties”: Roussy v. Savage, 2020 BCSC 487 at para. 65 [Roussy]. Factors a court may consider include (Roussy at para. (a) misconduct by the unsuccessful party in the litigation; (b) the seri......
  • Bridgewater Tile Ltd. v. Copa Development Corporation,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • October 27, 2022
    ...behaviour are a circumstance that may attract an award of special costs.  That issue was addressed by me in Roussy v. Savage, 2020 BCSC 487: [17]      As discussed by Walker J., unfounded allegations of fraud or dishonest behaviour, including a breach of f......
  • Betts v. Zienowicz,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • March 6, 2023
    ...Justice Watchuk surveyed the authorities and summarized the principles behind special costs in Roussy v. Savage, 2020 BCSC 487, at paras. 13-16. I will not repeat what she [81]       In my view, the Plaintiffs are entitled to special costs in this case because ......
  • Palmer v. Pozniak,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • January 14, 2022
    ...The plaintiff argues that the defendant's allegations of dishonesty are the same as allegations of fraud and cites Roussy v. Savage, 2020 BCSC 487 [Roussy], for the proposition that where the theory of the case is dishonest conduct, the court may approach the matter as if fraud has bee......
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11 cases
  • Belpacific Excavating & Shoring Limited Partnership v. Crown and Mountain Creations Ltd.,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • March 16, 2022
    ...is “a fact-based inquiry driven by the nature of the litigation and the conduct of the parties”: Roussy v. Savage, 2020 BCSC 487 at para. 65 [Roussy]. Factors a court may consider include (Roussy at para. (a) misconduct by the unsuccessful party in the litigation; (b) the seri......
  • Bridgewater Tile Ltd. v. Copa Development Corporation,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • October 27, 2022
    ...behaviour are a circumstance that may attract an award of special costs.  That issue was addressed by me in Roussy v. Savage, 2020 BCSC 487: [17]      As discussed by Walker J., unfounded allegations of fraud or dishonest behaviour, including a breach of f......
  • Betts v. Zienowicz,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • March 6, 2023
    ...Justice Watchuk surveyed the authorities and summarized the principles behind special costs in Roussy v. Savage, 2020 BCSC 487, at paras. 13-16. I will not repeat what she [81]       In my view, the Plaintiffs are entitled to special costs in this case because ......
  • Palmer v. Pozniak,
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • January 14, 2022
    ...The plaintiff argues that the defendant's allegations of dishonesty are the same as allegations of fraud and cites Roussy v. Savage, 2020 BCSC 487 [Roussy], for the proposition that where the theory of the case is dishonest conduct, the court may approach the matter as if fraud has bee......
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