The Anglo - Canadian legal system has long recognized the possibility of awards of costs in civil cases being made against counsel personally, though only for egregious misconduct of the case. (slaw.ca)
The court's powers in respect of awards of costs were a strong incentive for parties litigating before the (newlawjournal.co.uk)
We survive by doing high quality judicial review (JR) and other work, for which we are rewarded appropriately by awards of costs from defendants who have let our clients down. (newlawjournal.co.uk)