What are the requirements for the parties to agree on the issue of costs?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Howe v. Howe, 2012 ONSC 2736 (CanLII):

If the parties are unable to agree on the issue of costs, I direct that the party seeking costs deliver written submissions to my office within 15 days of the release of this Judgment with responding submissions to be delivered to my office within 15 days thereafter. The written submissions are not to exceed three typewritten, double-spaced pages, excluding the Bill of Costs and Costs Outline. ___________________________ MacPherson J. Released: May 7, 2012 CITATION: Howe v. Howe, 2012 ONSC 2736 COURT FILE NO.: 188/87 DATE: 2012/05/07 ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE BETWEEN: KATHLEEN MARGARET HOWE Applicant - and - TIMOTHY HOWE Respondent REASONS FOR JUDGMENT W.L. MacPherson J. Released: May 7, 2012

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