Is a registrar or a trial judge permitted to fix costs in a personal injury case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Jensen v. Ross, 2015 BCSC 2065 (CanLII):
The Court of Appeal recently commented on this practice. In Gichuru v. Smith, 2014 BCCA 414 at para 154, the court recognized the discretion of the trial judge to fix costs but stated that the discretion should be exercised “sparingly” as the court pointed out: …The court officer best placed to conduct an assessment is usually the registrar, whose knowledge and experience in assessing legal bills is extensive and seldom matched by that of the trial judge.
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