Can self-represented parties be awarded costs in a personal injury case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Asselin v. McDougall, 2013 ONSC 3216 (CanLII):
I concur with the reasoning in Tiago v. Misels to the effect that a self-represented party may be awarded costs if: the litigant devoted time and effort to do the work ordinarily done by a lawyer; and as a result, incurred an opportunity cost by forgoing remunerative activity.
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