The ruling in favour of Mars Canada this week also upheld a lower court judge's
hefty costs award against Aizic Ebert and his two Toronto companies for «brazenly» breaching earlier settlements of the dispute.
Not exact matches
This isn't horrible compared to many other programs and it will be interesting to see how cheap the
award tickets to Europe end up
costing, since you typically get hit with some pretty
hefty fees when flying in and out.
Although the article says that criminal lawyers are the most despised ones in the minds of the public, I think personal injury / tort lawyers have this label because they impose
costs on society and business such as
hefty insurance premiums (somebody has to pay for that
award money), and reduce personal freedom due to the banning of certain activities due to fears of litigation.
Yet Judge Sullivan's fee
award does not take account of Gura's lost opportunity
costs — even though foregone opportunities impact a small firm's bottom line as much or more than
hefty overhead
costs impact a large firm's earnings.
As a result, the employer had to pay
hefty damages, interest and
costs awards.