Is there a compelling case law argument that intervenor costs should not be awarded to an intervenor?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kongrecki v. Rafael, 1996 CanLII 8317 (BC CA):
We are all of the view that in the circumstances of this case there is no compelling reason to depart from the usual rule that costs should not be awarded to an intervenor. See: Harper v. Harper, 1979 CanLII 168 (SCC), [1979] 5 W.W.R. 289, 299.
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