What are the reasonable expectations of the losing party to obtain a copy of their own bill of costs?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from The Municipality of West Nipissing v Lafond, 2017 ONSC 4199 (CanLII):
The respondents have failed to provide a copy of their own bill of costs. Although they are not obliged to do so, where they do not, they provide no information concerning the reasonable expectations of the losing party: Smith Estate v. Rotstein, 2011 ONCA 491 (CanLII), at para. 50.
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