What is the effect of the new rules on the taxation of personal injury costs?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Pidhany v. White, 1985 CanLII 274 (BC SC):
The registrar, in written decision, concluded that Youdall v. Douglas (1893), 2 B.C.R. 342, was binding on him and referred to the following extract: I am of opinion that the taxation of costs being a matter of procedure, the new rules must be taken to be retrospective, and that costs incurred prior to 31st December, 1892, should be taxed according to the scale laid down in new rules, and I direct the said costs to be taxed accordingly.
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