What is the test for setting a reasonable range of costs in a personal injury action?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Pilon v. Bourcier, 2017 ONSC 5380 (CanLII):
The overriding principle is that costs are to be fixed in a way that is fair to the parties and reasonable in the circumstances – Murray v. Murray, 2005 CanLII 14579. The impact of the costs award and the reasonable expectations of the losing party are factors.
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