Is interest on disbursements incurred during the course of the solicitor/client relationship recoverable?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hudniuk v. Warkentin, 2002 BCSC 1939 (CanLII):
It strikes me, as a matter of law, that these disbursements were incurred in the course of the solicitor/client relationship. They are recoverable, if at all, as costs on the taxation thereof. In that regard, unless the rules have been changed so that Moore v. Dhillon has been overruled, the present law is that interest on unpaid or overdue disbursements is not recoverable any more than it should be recoverable as a head of damages on unpaid fees.
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