Les Inventions Morin Inc. v. Gilbert Tech Inc., 2003 FCA 90

Date: 20030219

Docket: A-167-00

Neutral Citation: 2003 FCA 90

BETWEEN:

                                                    LES INVENTIONS MORIN INC.

and

LES ÉQUIPEMENTS ARMAND MORIN INC.

                                                                                                                                                     Appellants

                                                                                 and

                                                               GILBERT TECH INC.

                                                                                                                                                   Respondent

                                               ASSESSMENT OF COSTS - REASONS

RICHARD LARABIE, ASSESSMENT OFFICER

[1]                 On December 10, 2002, counsel for the respondent filed a bill of costs for assessment pursuant to a judgment of the Court of Appeal dated September 13, 2001, dismissing the appeal with costs.

[2]                 On consent of the parties, an appointment was issued for the assessment returnable January 29, 2003, at 10:30 a.m., to be heard immediately after the assessment of the bill of costs filed in the Trial Division docket T-1398-95 involving the same parties.

[3]                 At the assessment, Serge Fournier and Josée Cavalancia appeared for the appellant and Alain Dussault and Bob H. Sotiriadis for the respondent.

[4]                 Before assessing the bill of costs, I must point out that the parties, having just finished submissions on the Trial Division bill of costs, made scarcely any comments on this one.

[5]                 Mr. Fournier simply stated that he did not agree with the maximum claimed for items 19 and 22, and that the judgment should be read. Mr. Dussault's response was to the effect that Mr. Fournier should have withdrawn his appeal after reading the decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada.

[6]                 Since it seems clear that everything had been said on the Trial Division bill, I will assess this one by applying the submissions made with respect to the Trial Division file and I will refer to the reasons for that assessment.

[7]                 The claims under items 18, 19 and 25 are allowed.

[8]                 The claim under item 24 is dismissed, because there is no provision to that effect in the decision.

[9]                 The claim under item 26 will be reduced to $330, because the maximum has already been allowed in the Trial Division file where all the arguments were presented.

[10]            For the same reasons stated in the Trial Division file, the claim under item 22 will be reduced to two units per hour, for a total of 12.50 units.

Disbursements

[11]            The claim for taxes on the fees allowed will be $404.25, and the sum of $94.05 claimed for taxes on disbursements will be dismissed because, in light of section 1(4) of Tariff B, I believe that only taxes actually paid may be reimbursed.

[12]            All other claims for disbursements are allowed except for the $14 claimed for taxis, which is a normal operating expense.

[13]            The respondent's bill of costs is therefore assessed and allowed in the amount of $2,695

for fees and $1,017.25 for disbursements. A certificate in the amount of $3,712.25 is issued.

                                                                                                    Signed: "Richard Larabie"      

RICHARD LARABIE

ASSESSMENT OFFICER

Montréal, Quebec

February 19, 2003

Certified true translation

Mary Jo Egan, LLB

                                                    FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

                                                                 APPEAL DIVISION

                                                          SOLICITORS OF RECORD

COURT FILE NO.:                 A-167-00

Between

LES INVENTIONS MORIN INC.

and

LES ÉQUIPEMENTS ARMAND MORIN INC.

                                                                                                                                                     Appellants

                                                                              AND

                                                               GILBERT TECH INC.

                                                                                                                                                   Respondent

PLACE OF ASSESSMENT: Montréal, Quebec

DATE OF ASSESSMENT:                 January 29, 2003

REASONS OF RICHARD LARABIE, ASSESSMENT OFFICER

DATED:                                                February19, 2003

APPEARANCES:                                 Serge Fournier                                                    for the appellants

Alain Dussault                                                   for the respondent

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

Brouillette Charpentier Fournier

Montréal, Quebec                                                                  for the appellant

Léger Robic Richard

Montréal, Quebec                                                                  for the respondent