What are the principles of the modern costs rules?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Ogg v Ogg, 2016 ONSC 2784 (CanLII):

First, Fong v. Chan sets out the three fundamental purposes that the modern costs rules are designed to serve: 1. To partially indemnify successful litigants for the cost of litigation; 2. To encourage settlement; and 3. To discourage and sanction inappropriate behaviour by litigants.

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