What are the costs of a successful litigant?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ouslis v Ouslis, 2017 ONSC 2291 (CanLII):
Costs need to be proportional to the issues, the amounts in question and the outcome of the case. Amounts actually incurred by the successful litigant may therefore not be determinative. Hackett v. Leung, [2005] O.J. No. 4888 (ONSC).
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