What is the test for assessing costs in a family law case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Frey v. Purohit Frey, 2021 ONSC 6667 (CanLII):
In assessing costs in a family law case, I am mindful of the principles set out in Beaver v. Hill, 2018 ONCA 840. Specifically, proportionality and reasonableness are the touchstones that judges are to use to evaluate all costs claims in family law proceedings.
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