Date: 20060802
Dockets: A-587-04
A-606-04
A-607-04
A-609-04
A-618-04
Citation: 2006 FCA 273
Between:
Docket: A-587-04
LES CENTRES JEUNESSE DES LAURENTIDES
Appellant
and
THE QUEEN
Respondent
Docket: A-606-04
CENTRE JEUNESSE DE L’ESTRIE
Appellant
and
THE QUEEN
Respondent
Docket: A-607-04
CENTRE JEUNESSE GASPÉSIE/LES ÎLES
Appellant
and
THE QUEEN
Respondent
Docket: A-609-04
CENTRE JEUNESSE DE L’ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE
Appellant
and
THE QUEEN
Respondent
Docket: A-618-04
LES CENTRES JEUNESSE DE LA MONTÉRÉGIE
Appellant
and
THE QUEEN
Respondent
ASSESSMENT OF COSTS – REASONS
MICHELLE LAMY, ASSESSMENT OFFICER
[1] This is an assessment of the costs payable to the respondent following the judgment dated December 13, 2005, dismissing the appeals, with one set of costs plus disbursements in each file. The assessment proceeded by means of a telephone conference call on July 27, 2006.
[2] At the beginning of the hearing, counsel for the appellants was under the impression that bills of costs had been filed in each appeal covered by the Court of Appeal’s decision. When he realized that only one bill had been submitted for assessment, he immediately consented to the costs as requested. Although the mistaken perception of counsel for the appellants resulted in this telephone conference call, I do not believe that justifies awarding the maximum number of units set out in section 26 of Tariff B. Therefore, I am allowing four units for the assessment, since I do not believe that this situation caused serious prejudice to the respondent.
[3] In conclusion, the respondent’s costs are assessed in the amount of $2,194.70. A certificate is issued for this amount in docket A-587-04 and a copy of these reasons will be placed in each of the following dockets: A-606-04, A-607-04, A-609-04 and A-618-04.
DATED AT MONTRÉAL, THIS 2ND DAY OF AUGUST 2006.
Signed: Michelle Lamy |
MICHELLE LAMY ASSESSMENT OFFICER |
Certified true translation
Mary Jo Egan LL.B.
FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
SOLICITORS OF RECORD
COURT DOCKET NO.: A-587-04 ET AL.
Between:
LES CENTRES JEUNESSE DES LAURENTIDES
AND
THE QUEEN
Respondent
ASSESSMENT OF COSTS VIA TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL JULY 27, 2006
PLACE OF ASSESSMENT: Montréal, Quebec
REASONS OF MICHELLE LAMY, ASSESSMENT OFFICER
DATED: AUGUST 2, 2006
SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
Montréal, Quebec For the appellants
Veillette Larivière
Montréal, Quebec For the respondent