What is the scope of the duty of a public accountant to determine the amount that a successful litigant has to pay in a personal injury case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from McKnight v. Ontario (Transportation), 2018 ONSC 53 (CanLII):
My overall task is to fix an amount that is fair and reasonable for the unsuccessful party to pay in this proceeding, and not an amount fixed by the actual costs incurred by the successful litigant. Boucher v. Public accountants Council for the Province of Ontario, 2004 CanLII 14579, at para. 24.
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