Date: 20010202
Docket: T-1107-91
Reference: 2001 FCT 4
BETWEEN:
CLAUDETTE GARIÉPY
Applicant
- and-
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Respondent
TAXATION OF COSTS - REASONS
FRANÇOIS PILON
Taxation Officer
[1] On October 11, 2000, the respondent, through her counsel Dominique Guimond, filed her bill of costs pursuant to a judgment of the Court dated February 12, 1996. The applicant had appealed the decision, but did not succeed. In addition, on December 8, 2000, the Court issued an order allowing the applicant's solicitor to be removed from the record.
[2] On December 19, 2000, we sent a copy of the bill of costs to Claudette Gariépy and invited her to submit written submissions opposing that bill of costs by January 19, 2001. As no submissions have been made, we are prepared to tax the respondent's costs.
[3] Having considered the factors referred to in subsection 400(3) of the Federal Court Rules, fees in the amount of $7,700.00 will be allowed for services rendered under items 2 (7 units), 8 (5 units), 9 ($3,900.00), 13 (5 units), 14 A ($1,800.00) and 26 (3 units).
[4] The disbursements, supported by evidence, will be allowed as follows:
* $180.00 for issuance of subpoenas;
* $242.85 for photocopies;
* $207.18 for process servers;
* $847.44 for stenography costs; and
* $239.44 for travel expenses incurred for holding the hearing in Ottawa.
[5] The respondent's costs are therefore taxed and allowed in the amounts of $7,700.00 for fees and $1,716.00 for disbursements. A certificate will issue in the amount of $9,416.91.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
February 2, 2001 FRANÇOIS PILON
François Pilon
Certified true translation Taxation Officer
Peter Douglas
FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA
TRIAL DIVISION
NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD
COURT FILE NO.: T-1107-91
BETWEEN:
CLAUDETTE GARIÉPY
Applicant
-and-
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Respondent
TAXATION IN WRITING WITHOUT PERSONAL APPEARANCE
REASONS OF: François Pilon, Taxation Officer
PLACE OF TAXATION: Halifax, Nova Scotia
DATE OF REASONS: February 2, 2001
SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
Morris Rosenberg
Deputy Attorney General of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario for the respondent