Costs fixed at $32,000 total for respondents following dismissal of judicial review application.
Following the dismissal of the applicants' judicial review application on the grounds of delay, the respondents sought costs.
The court fixed costs on a partial indemnity scale, reducing the claimed amounts due to excessive hours, duplication of effort by multiple lawyers, and unexplained disbursements.
Costs were fixed at $18,000 plus disbursements for the respondent union and $14,000 plus disbursements for the respondent locals.
The Ontario Provincial Conference of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers et al. v. The International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers et al., 2003 ONSCDC 43057
