How have expenses been charged for out-of-town counsel in a civil case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Payne v Mak, 2017 ONSC 3660 (CanLII):
The plaintiffs objected to the fact that travel, accommodation and meal expenses were charged for out-of-town counsel. In that regard, I agree with the comments of Brockenshire J. in Dinsmore v. Southwood Lakes Holdings Ltd., [2007] O.J. No. 263 (S.C.J.) at para. 18, that where a plaintiff sues a governmental or quasi-governmental agency, it would be reasonably expected that out-of-town counsel would be engaged, such that travel and accommodation charges were properly recoverable. See also Beland v. Hill, [2012] O.J. No. 3997 (S.C.J.) at para. 56.
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