What are the costs of the opposing party in a personal injury case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Good v. Toronto Police Services Board, 2013 ONSC 5826 (CanLII):
The amount of costs incurred by the opposing party is relevant to the determination of the reasonableness of the costs claimed by his or her opponent, but it is not in and of itself determinative and the award of costs must reflect the reasonable expectations of an unsuccessful litigant: Peter v. Medtronic, Inc., [2010] O.J. No. 68 (S.C.J.) at para. 23-24. In this case the costs of the plaintiff have not been revealed. However, it should not be a surprise to plaintiff’s counsel that the costs of Toronto are significant.
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