Is a court bound by reasonableness and proportionality to award a discretionary cost award?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from McIntyre v. Winter, 2020 ONSC 6259 (CanLII):
In Beaver v. Hill, 2018 ONCA 840, the court indicated that cost awards are discretionary and two important principles in exercising discretion are reasonableness and proportionality.
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