What are the legal costs for a successful litigant in a personal injury case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ferguson v. Barham, 2011 ONSC 115 (CanLII):
Finally, I have considered the principles outlined in Boucher v. Public Accountants such that the costs should be an amount that is fair and reasonable for the unsuccessful party to pay in the particular circumstances of the case rather than the amount fixed by the actual costs incurred by the successful litigant.
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