Does a self-represented party have to pay legal costs for work done by their own lawyers?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Faroga v. Baciu, 2021 ONSC 4921 (CanLII):
More recently Chappel, J. in the case of Laramie v. Laramie, 2018 ONSC 4740 (S.C.J.) observed at para. 108 that “the more prevalent trend in recent years has been to allow costs to self-represented parties regardless of whether they have foregone remunerative activity to work on their case, provided that the costs claimed relate to tasks that would typically be carried out by legal counsel.”
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