What is the test for reasonableness and proportionality in awarding costs?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Schmidt v. Mascoe, 2021 ONCJ 591 (CanLII):
The Court of Appeal in Beaver v. Hill, 2018 ONCA 840 emphasized the importance of reasonableness and proportionality, in the exercise of the court’s discretion in awarding costs.
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