Walker v. Brown, 2013 BCSC 204

JudgeWong, J.
CourtSupreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
Case DateFebruary 08, 2013
JurisdictionBritish Columbia
Citations2013 BCSC 204;[2013] B.C.T.C. Uned. 204 (SC);[2013] B.C.T.C. Uned. 204
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5 practice notes
  • Cadwell Estate v. Martin, 2021 BCSC 1089
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • June 7, 2021
    ...of public importance: Negus v. Yehia, 2018 BCSC 2319 at para. 61 [Negus]; aff’d 2019 BCCA 307. Negus cited Walker v. Brown, 2013 BCSC 204; which in turn cited British Columbia (Minister of Forests) v. Okanagan Indian Band, 2003 SCC 71 at para. 30, and Barclay (Guardian ad l......
  • A.S.P. v. N.N.J., [2013] B.C.T.C. Uned. 2377
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • December 31, 2013
    ...the awarding of special costs is that the conduct in question properly be categorized as "reprehensible" (para. 17). In Walker v. Brown , 2013 BCSC 204, Justice Wong found that the conduct of a claimant who wrote degrading and threatening correspondence to the respondent, her counsel and ot......
  • B.L.S. v. D.J.S., 2022 BCSC 764
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • May 11, 2022
    ...is substantially successful is deprived of his or her costs, generally each side would then bear his or her own costs: Walker v. Brown, 2013 BCSC 204 at [29]        With respect to the claimant’s argument, special costs may be awarded where there ha......
  • Negus v. Yehia, 2018 BCSC 2319
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • December 28, 2018
    ...because, except in exceptional cases of public importance, special costs cannot be awarded to the unsuccessful party: Walker v. Brown, 2013 BCSC 204 at paras. 90–94. The respondent’s counsel essentially conceded in argument that his application was really more in the nature of a defence to ......
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5 cases
  • Cadwell Estate v. Martin, 2021 BCSC 1089
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • June 7, 2021
    ...of public importance: Negus v. Yehia, 2018 BCSC 2319 at para. 61 [Negus]; aff’d 2019 BCCA 307. Negus cited Walker v. Brown, 2013 BCSC 204; which in turn cited British Columbia (Minister of Forests) v. Okanagan Indian Band, 2003 SCC 71 at para. 30, and Barclay (Guardian ad l......
  • A.S.P. v. N.N.J., [2013] B.C.T.C. Uned. 2377
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • December 31, 2013
    ...the awarding of special costs is that the conduct in question properly be categorized as "reprehensible" (para. 17). In Walker v. Brown , 2013 BCSC 204, Justice Wong found that the conduct of a claimant who wrote degrading and threatening correspondence to the respondent, her counsel and ot......
  • B.L.S. v. D.J.S., 2022 BCSC 764
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • May 11, 2022
    ...is substantially successful is deprived of his or her costs, generally each side would then bear his or her own costs: Walker v. Brown, 2013 BCSC 204 at [29]        With respect to the claimant’s argument, special costs may be awarded where there ha......
  • Negus v. Yehia, 2018 BCSC 2319
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • December 28, 2018
    ...because, except in exceptional cases of public importance, special costs cannot be awarded to the unsuccessful party: Walker v. Brown, 2013 BCSC 204 at paras. 90–94. The respondent’s counsel essentially conceded in argument that his application was really more in the nature of a defence to ......
  • Request a trial to view additional results

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