Arbitrator assesses dispute resolution expenses, reducing expert witness hourly rate and denying unnecessary medical report fees.
The applicant sought an assessment of expenses following an arbitration hearing where her claim for additional benefits was denied but the insurer was ordered to pay her arbitration expenses.
The parties disputed three items: an expert witness fee, a psychiatrist's report and consultation fee, and the cost of clinical notes.
The arbitrator allowed the expert witness fee at a reduced hourly rate for the day she testified, denied the psychiatrist's fees as unnecessary, and allowed the cost of the clinical notes as they were produced at the insurer's request.
OFSCDRSOntario Financial Services Commission - Dispute Resolution ServicesJan 1, 1995
