What is the test for appeal costs in a personal injury matter?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Falcon Lumber Limited v. 2480375 Ontario Inc. (GN Mouldings and Doors), 2020 ONCA 310 (CanLII):
Awarding costs is a discretionary exercise that is afforded significant deference. Leave to appeal a costs order is granted sparingly and only where there are strong grounds to believe that the lower court erred: Feinstein v. Freedman, 2014 ONCA 205, 119 O.R. (3d) 385, at para. 52.
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