What is the current cost rule for successful litigants?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Israel v. Wright, 2010 ONCJ 486 (CanLII):
[5] The Ontario Court of Appeal in Serra v. Serra, 2009 ONCA 395, 66 R.F.L. (6th) 40, [2009] O.J. No. 1905, 2009 CarswellOnt 2475, confirmed that the current cost rule is intended to foster three fundamental purposes: to partially indemnify successful litigants for the cost of litigation, to encourage settlement, and to discourage and sanction inappropriate behaviour by litigants.
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