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Despite its importance, legal research is often a line item that
comes under close scrutiny when a court awards costs to a
successful litigant. Two recent cases demonstrate why legal
research comes under such scrutiny.
In
Fox Excavating & Grading Ltd. v. 2012299
Ontario Inc., 2021 ONSC 451, Justice McSweeney was
required to assess whether costs claimed for online legal research
should be allowed in a case where the plaintiff had brought three
actions arising out of the same contract. Two of the actions were a
Lien Action and a Trust Action.