What are the factors relevant to determining the difficulty of a matter?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cruise Connections Canada v. Cancellieri, 2013 BCSC 1 (CanLII):
In Mort v. Saanich School Board No. 63, 2001 BCSC 14 at paras. 5 and 6, the court identified the factors relevant to determining the difficulty of a matter as including: (a) the length of the trial; (b) the complexity of the issues involved; (c) the number and complexity of pre-trial applications; (d) whether or not the action was hard fought with little or nothing being conceded along the way; (e) the number and length of examinations for discovery; (f) the number and complexity of experts’ reports; and (g) the extent of the effort required in the collection and proof of facts.
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