If counsel cannot agree on costs, what recourse should be given to the other counsel?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Re Newton Trust, 2005 BCSC 1049 (CanLII):
If counsel cannot agree on costs, arrangements should be made to attend for further submissions (one hour should be sufficient) because counsel did not address costs in oral submissions and each referred to costs only very briefly in their written submissions. In addition to any authorities counsel may wish to bring to my attention counsel should address Re Kanee Estate (1992), 69 B.C.L.R. (2d) 89, 46 E.T.R. 1 (C.A.) and Turner v. Andrews (2001), 197 D.L.R. (4th) 533, 85 B.C.L.R. (3d) 53, [2001] 3 W.W.R. 620, 38 E.T.R. (2d) 126, 2001 BCCA 76.
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