What are the costs of a motion in a personal injury case?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Frothingham v. Perez, 2011 NSCA 59 (CanLII):

The respondents were the successful litigants on the motion. Generally, costs will be awarded to the successful party. Why this is so was addressed by Saunders, J. (as he then was) in Landymore v. Hardy (1992), 1992 CanLII 2801 (NS SC), 112 N.S.R. (2d) 410:

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