PRACTICE
Costs
Self‑represented litigants awarded costs—Claiming amounts for time plus disbursements—Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98‑106, r. 1 (as am. by SOR/2004‑283, s. 2), Tariff B addressing fees for time of counsel—Only remedy for applicants would have been to raise compensation for their time with Judge at end of judicial review hearings—British Columbia (Minister of Forests) v. Okanagan Indian Band, [2003] 3 S.C.R. 371 and Mark M. Orkin, The Law of Costs, 2nd ed. looseleaf (Aurora: Canada Law Book, 1987) commented upon in obiter—Although representing encouraging sense of shift in common law on costs towards embracing compensation for time of lay litigants, not sufficient that ordinary awards of costs herein could be read as r. 400(1) exercise of discretion authorizing recovery from Crown of compensation for applicants’ time.
Stevens v. Canada (Attorney General) (T‑1145‑05, 2007 FC 847, Stinson A.O., assessment of costs dated 22/8/07, 18 pp.)