What is the legal test for disbursements of personal injury compensation in personal injury cases?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Cheesman et al v. Credit Valley Hospital et al., 2020 ONSC 1729 (CanLII):

As with lawyers’ fees, the issue with respect to disbursements is to fix an amount that is fair and reasonable under all the circumstances: Hamfler v. 1682787 Ontario Inc., 2011 ONSC 3331 at para. 7.

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