Jurisdiction to Award Costs of Interlocutory Applications
Does a trial judge have jurisdiction to award or deny costs of an interlocutory application heard by a different presider? The above question recently arose in the context of an action in damages for personal injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident. The plaintiff had served the defendant with an expert report of the plaintiff’s family physician in which the family physician recommended that the plaintiff be referred to a specialist in physical medicine, also known as a