What is the current state of the law on time spent by counsel in litigation?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Smith v. 663556 Ontario Limited, 2011 ONSC 5242 (CanLII):
As observed by Nordheimer J. in Basedo v. University Health Network,[8] “it is not the role of the court to second guess the time spent by counsel unless it is manifestly unreasonable in the sense that the total time spent is clearly excessive or the matter has been overly lawyered.”
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