Spar Aerospace Ltd. v. Aerowerks Engineering Inc. et al., (2007) 428 A.R. 18 (QB)

• Judge: Veit, J.
• Court: Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
• Case Date: November 06, 2007
• Citations: (2007), 428 A.R. 18 (QB);2007 ABQB 688

Spar Aerospace Ltd. v. Aerowerks Eng. (2007), 428 A.R. 18 (QB)

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Temp. Cite: [2007] A.R. TBEd. NO.131

Spar Aerospace Limited (plaintiff) v. Aerowerks Engineering Inc., Steven Gentles, Kevin Morris, Tyler Pahl and Meta-Fleet International Corporation (defendants)

(0403 24218; 2007 ABQB 688)

Indexed As: Spar Aerospace Ltd. v. Aerowerks Engineering Inc. et al.

Alberta Court of Queen's Bench

Judicial District of Edmonton

Veit, J.

November 19, 2007.

Summary:

The plaintiff brought a motion in 2006. Its motion was allowed with costs in 2007. The plaintiff now moved to add an inflation factor to its costs under the 1998 Schedule C.

The Alberta Court of Queen's Bench allowed the motion.

Practice - Topic 7110.4

Costs - Party and party costs - Special orders - Increase in scale of costs - Inflation - The plaintiff brought a motion in 2006 - Its motion was allowed with costs in 2007 - The plaintiff now moved to add an inflation factor to its costs under the 1998 Schedule C - The Alberta Court of Queen's Bench allowed the motion - The court added an inflation factor based on the Bank of Canada's inflation calculator for the years 2006 and 2007, when the work was done on the predicate motion - That factor was 19.74% for 2006 and 22.70% for 2007 - See paragraphs 1 to 20.

Cases Noticed:

Zust Bachmeier International Air Cargo Inc. v. Klapatiuk et al., [2006] A.R. Uned. 786; 2006 ABQB 875, consd. [para. 6].

Claudio's Restaurant Group Inc. et al. v. Calgary (City) (1993), 147 A.R. 355 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 6].

Green Drop Ltd. v. Schwormstede (1994), 155 A.R. 302; 72 W.A.C. 32 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 6].

Canada Southern Petroleum Ltd. et al. v. Amoco Canada Petroleum Co. et al. (1997), 211 A.R. 48 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 6].

Dilcon Constructors Ltd. v. A.N.C. Developments Inc. (1996), 189 A.R. 161 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 6].

Waterous Investments Inc. v. Liberton Holdings Inc. (1996), 183 A.R. 229 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 6].

Miller (Ed) Sales & Rentals Ltd. v. Caterpillar Tractor Co. et al. (1994), 170 A.R. 341 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 6].

Lawlor v. Ron's Coach and Bus Repair Inc. et al., [1998] A.R. Uned. 200; 1998 ABQB 510, refd to. [para. 6].

Lalli v. Chawla (1997), 203 A.R. 27 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 6].

Morrison v. Smithson (1997), 202 A.R. 194 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 6].

Brooks et al. v. Stefura (1998), 222 A.R. 345 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 6].

Miller (Ed) Sales & Rentals Ltd. v. Caterpillar Tractor Co. et al. (1998), 216 A.R. 304; 175 W.A.C. 304 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 7].

Trizec Equities Ltd. v. Ellis-Don Management Services Ltd. et al. (1999), 251 A.R. 101; 1999 ABQB 801, refd to. [para. 7].

Peace Hills Trust Co. v. Professional Property Management Ltd. et al. (1998), 223 A.R. 125; 183 W.A.C. 125 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 7].

Dornan Petroleum Inc. et al. v. Petro-Canada et al. (1997), 199 A.R. 334 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 7].

Lloyd v. Imperial Parking Ltd. (1999), 242 A.R. 153; 1999 ABQB 302, refd to. [para. 7].

India et al. v. Bumper Development Corp. (1995), 171 A.R. 166 (Q.B.), refd to. [para. 7].

Authors and Works Noticed:

Alberta Law Reform Institute, Consultation Memo February 2005, Costs and Sanctions, http://www.law.ualberta.ca/alri/docs/cm 12-17.pdf, generally [para. 8].

Alberta Law Reform Institute, Consultation Memo, Costs and Sanctions, Issue No. 6, Appendix A [para. 8].

Bank of Canada Inflation Calculator, generally [para. 6].

Law Society of Alberta, Law Society's Interim Report of the Schedule C Committee, generally [para. 7].

Law Society of Alberta, Law Society's Report of the Schedule C Committee, generally [para. 7].

Counsel:

Kenneth W. Fitz (McLennan Ross), for Spar Aerospace Ltd.;

Dennis L. Picco (Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP), for Aerowerks Engineering, Steven Gentles, Kevin Morris, Tyler Pahl, and Meta-Fleet International Corp.

This motion was heard on November 6, 2007, by Veit, J, of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, Judicial District of Edmonton, who delivered the following memorandum of decision on November 19, 2007.