How has the court determined costs in a family court case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from McLean v. Shannon, 2020 CanLII 61513 (ON CJ):
Yet, that is not how the costs in this case were determined. Rather, the resulting award approached a full recovery amount. In defence of that result, the respondent relies on what is contended to be the principle from Biant v. Sagoo, 2018 ONCA 840 (CanLII) [2001] O.J. No. 3693, 20 R.F.L. (5th) 284 (S.C.J.) that costs in family proceedings should “generally approach full recovery”. I would make a couple of points in response to that contention.
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