What is the quantum of costs awarded by the Court in a personal injury action?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wauthier v. McAuliff, 2019 ONSC 5302 (CanLII):
Reasonableness in awarding costs is a guiding principle and the quantum of costs is not determined by a mathematical exercise, but instead must reflect what the court views as a reasonable amount that should be paid by the unsuccessful party rather than any exact measure of the successful party’s actual costs: Davies v. Clarington (Municipality), 2009 ONCA 722, at para. 52.
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