What is the test for proportionality and reasonableness when determining the amount of costs in a personal injury case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Peladeau v Charlebois, 2020 ONSC 6596 (CanLII):
Proportionality and reasonableness are the touchstone considerations to be applied in fixing the amount of costs. Proportionality is a core principle that not only governs the conduct of the proceedings generally, but is specifically applicable to fixing costs: Beaver v. Hill, supra, at paras. 12 and 19.
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