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ISSN 0706-5655 ISBN 978-0-7798-5816-3 Printed in Canada by Thomson Reuters CARSWELL, A DIVISION OF THOMSON REUTERS CANADA LIMITED One Corporate Plaza Customer Relations 2075 Kennedy Road Toronto 1-416-609-3800 Toronto, Ontario Elsewhere in Canada/U.S. 1-800-387-5164 M1T 3V4 Fax 1-416-298-5082 www.carswell.com Contact www.carswell.com/contact ESTATES & TRUSTS REPORTS Fourth Series/Quatri`eme s´erie Recueil de jurisprudence en droit des successions et des fiducies [Indexed as: Miles v. Vince] Cynthia Mary Miles, Appellant (Petitioner) and Marilynne Vince, Respondent (Respondent) British Columbia Court of Appeal Docket: Vancouver CA040983 2014 BCCA 418 Levine, Neilson, Garson JJ.A. Heard: May 5, 2014 Judgment: October 30, 2014 Estates and trusts –––– Trustees — Practice and procedure — Costs — Mis- cellaneous –––– Petitioner was widow of deceased and beneficiary of one of de- ceased’s trusts — Respondent was deceased’s sister and trustee of both trusts — Widow brought unsuccessful application for removal of sister as trustee based on alleged mismanagement of trust property — Widow’s appeal of decision was allowed, and sister was removed as trustee — Parties made submissions on costs — Costs awarded to widow, payable by trust — Court found that sister had not delegated office, had not profited personally, and had not acted dishon- estly — No basis existed upon which to order costs against sister personally — Proceedings originally arose due to difficulty in construing terms of trust, there- fore costs were to be paid out of trust as special costs. Cases considered: Collett Estate, Re (2005), 2005 BCCA 291, 48 B.C.L.R. (4th) 102, 2005 Car- swellBC 1225, 212 B.C.A.C. 304, 350 W.A.C. 304, 16 E.T.R. (3d) 150, [2005] B.C.J. No. 1151 (B.C. C.A.) — considered Kanee Estate, Re (1992), 69 B.C.L.R. (2d) 89, 46 E.T.R. 1, (sub nom. Goldman v. Kanee Estate) 15 B.C.A.C. 60, (sub nom. Goldman v. Kanee Estate) 27 2 ESTATES AND TRUSTS REPORTS 1 E.T.R. (4th) W.A.C. 60, 1992 CarswellBC 192, [1992] B.C.J. No. 1480 (B.C. C.A.) — referred to ADDITIONAL REASONS to judgment reported at Miles v. Vince (2014), 2014 BCCA 289, 2014 CarswellBC 2028, 98 E.T.R. (3d) 60, [2014] 9 W.W.R. 1, 63 B.C.L.R. (5th) 23 (B.C. C.A.), concerning costs of appeal granting dismissal of trustee. D.J. Sutherland, for Appellant R.V. Wickett, Q.C., I. Knapp, for Respondent Per curiam: 1 In reasons for judgment released July 16, 2014 (2014 BCCA 289 (B.C. C.A.)), this Court allowed the appeal of the appellant, Cynthia Mary Miles, from the dismissal of her application to remove the respon- dent, Marilynne Vince, as trustee of a trust in which Ms.