Costs in expropriations normally to be granted on solicitor-client (full-indemnity) basis

Smith v. Alliance Pipeline Ltd., 2011 SCC 7, recently released on-line, has a useful aside regarding costs on expropriation of land:

 

 

First, in the context of modern expropriation law, where statutes authorize awards of "all legal, appraisal and other costs", Canadian jurisprudence and doctrine demonstrate that "costs on a solicitor-and-client basis should generally be given" (Bayview Builder's Supply (1972) Ltd. v. British Columbia (Minister of Transportation & Highways), 1999 BCCA 320, 67 B.C.L.R. (3d) 312, at para. 3, citing Todd, Law of Expropriation and Compensation in Canada, at p. 526; see also Holdom v. British Columbia Transit, 2006 BCCA 488, 58 B.C.L.R. (4th) 207), at para. 11 andHill v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General) (No. 2) (1997), 155 D.L.R. (4th) 767 (S.C.C.))