Is a party entitled to make costs submissions at every stage of the litigation?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Oberding v. Sun Life Financial, 2010 ONSC 3303 (CanLII):
It is well established that, absent extraordinary circumstances, the parties to litigation are entitled to make submissions as to costs at every stage of the proceedings following a decision on the issue in question or assuming a particular result if a decision on the issue is reserved: see Visic v. University of Windsor, [2006] O.J. No. 4730 (Div. Ct.) per Ferrier J.
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