Randhawa v. Panag

canada, canadian, case law, court opinion, canlii, bcca, 2026bcca344, 2026 bcca 344 (canlii), 2026, bcca, 344, (canlii), ca48914, 2026, procedure, costs, abandoned appeal, court of appeal act, ss. 21, 23, 44(1), whether respondent is entitled to costs following appellant’s abandonment of the appeal, established practice that respondent is entitled to costs unless a “compelling reason” otherwise (hollander v. mooney), costs on ordinary scale awarded, application dismissed, procedure, costs, scope of costs, whether costs should be limited to the period of inactivity following reactivation of the appeal, appellant seeks limitation or reduction of costs after removal from inactive list, respondent seeks costs of the abandoned appeal, no principled basis to limit costs to post, reactivation period, application dismissed, procedure, costs, collateral attack, whether awarding costs for the first period of inactivity would constitute a collateral attack on a prior order reactivating the appeal with no order as to costs, court of appeal act, s. 44(1) applied, no costs order made previously, no revisitation or reversal of the prior order, application dismissed, procedure, costs, departure from usual rule, whether absence of prejudice and lack of neglect, bad faith, or tactical abuse justify departing from the usual award of costs, presumptive costs rule not dependent on prejudice or bad faith, costs discourage meritless appeals and encourage efficient appeals (gill v. gill estate), no reason to depart, application dismissed