Suveges v. Martens, 2002 BCSC 882

• Judge: Warren, J.
• Court: Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
• Case Date: October 19, 2001
• Jurisdiction: British Columbia
• Citations: 2002 BCSC 882;[2002] B.C.T.C. 882 (SC)

Suveges v. Martens, [2002] B.C.T.C. 882 (SC)

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Temp. Cite: [2002] B.C.T.C. TBEd. JL.021

Mary Suveges (plaintiff) v. Frank Martens (defendant)

(B991742; 2002 BCSC 882)

Indexed As: Suveges v. Martens

British Columbia Supreme Court

Vancouver

Warren, J.

June 10, 2002.

Summary:

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Practice - Topic 7109.1

Costs - Party and party costs - Special orders - Increased costs (based on solicitor and client or special costs) - See paragraphs 1 to 17.

Cases Noticed:

Bradshaw Construction Ltd. v. Bank of Nova Scotia (1991), 54 B.C.L.R.(2d) 309 (S.C.), affd. (1992), 16 B.C.A.C. 62; 28 W.A.C. 62; 73 B.C.L.R.(2d) 212 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 4].

Rieta v. North American Air Travel Insurance Agents Ltd. (1998), 105 B.C.A.C. 239; 171 W.A.C. 239; 35 C.C.E.L.(2d) 157 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 5].

Eider et al. v. Winser (1999), 125 B.C.A.C. 1; 204 W.A.C. 1; 68 B.C.L.R.(3d) 1 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 5].

Rossa v. Mackie (1999), 1 B.C.T.C. 79 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 5].

Wilson et al. v. Russell et al. (1999), 19 B.C.T.C. 209 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 5].

Chan v. Gastaldello (1999), 8 B.C.T.C. 143; 66 B.C.L.R.(3d) 184 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 6].

Edgar v. Freedman (1997), 94 B.C.A.C. 216; 152 W.A.C. 216; 40 B.C.L.R.(3d) 87 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 8].

Western Display Service Ltd. v. Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada (1996), 4 C.P.C.(4th) 243 (B.C.S.C.), refd to. [para. 8].

Lucas v. Hardie et al., [1998] B.C.T.C. Uned. 602 (S.C.), refd to. [para. 8].

Counsel:

J.E. Murphy, Q.C., for the plaintiff;

C.C. Godwin and J.D. Baker, Q.C., for the defendant.

This case was heard on October 19, 2001 and April 4 and May 27, 2002, before Warren, J., of the British Columbia Supreme Court, who delivered the following decision on June 10, 2002.

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