What is the test for time spent by counsel in litigation?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Boudreau v. Bank of Montreal, 2012 ONSC 6048 (CanLII):
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 time spent is clearly excessive or the matter has been over lawyered. Per Nordheimer J. in Basedo v. University Health Network, [2002] O.J. No. 597 (Sup. Ct.)
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