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.

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

                                                                                                                                            Appellant

                                                                          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:

Lapointe Rosenstein

Montréal, Quebec                                                                    For the appellants

Veillette Larivière

Montréal, Quebec                                                                    For the respondent