What are the factors required to be established to recover the costs of expert testimony?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Caron v. Caron, 2005 SKQB 120 (CanLII):
In Electronic SuperStore v. Geransky Bros. Construction et al.(1991), 1991 CanLII 7581 (SK QB), 90 Sask. R. 150, nine factors were stated (p. 159) to be required to be established to entitle a party to recover the costs charged by expert witnesses. The respondent has satisfied the first eight factors. The ninth factor is whether the unsuccessful party should be “saddled” with the cost of the expert.
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