Staggering Cost Award: How to Lose Big
Gary Joseph | May 2020
The Family Law Rules require costs to be determined promptly after each step in a case.
The rationale for this rule is obvious but perhaps twofold; the judge hearing the "step" is best able to assess costs and the court's assessment of costs can and should illuminate for the parties the necessity of reasonable litigation conduct...
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