The parties engaged in a dispute over the distribution of the deceased's scrapbooks, which the deceased had directed to be shared among his family.
The applicant and respondent sought substantial indemnity costs for the litigation.
The court awarded partial indemnity costs, finding that the parties' offers to settle did not warrant substantial indemnity.
The court ordered the estate trustee to personally pay a portion of the applicant's costs due to her inappropriate conduct, including attempting to withhold the scrapbooks to force an agreement on another estate issue and failing to respond to communications.
