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Login to watch this video if you have a subscription. Learn more about subscriptions.Justice Robert Smith, Mitch Kitagawa and Laurie Tucker address the controversy related to proportionality, predictability and reasonable expectations of costs.
Justice Robert Smith graduated from Queen’s University in 1977, called to the Bar in 1979 and appointed to the Superior Court in Ottawa in 2002. He co-authored the Costs Compendium Update for the East Region of Ontario published in 2010 and 2012, has written many costs decisions and spoken on Costs at the County of Carleton Law Association Montebello Conference and This Hour Has 22 Judges. He is designated as one of the Class Action Judges for the East Region and member of the Commercial Panel. He was successful counsel on a lengthy class action during the 10 years before appointment, which included a 16-month trial, over 30 defendants and appeals. He practiced in areas of commercial law, civil litigation and some family and criminal law in previous years and was elected to the executive of both the County and District Law President’s Association and the Ontario Bar Association for many years, as well as involvement with other legal and charitable organizations.
Laurie obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree (Honours History) from the University of Waterloo in 1996 and her Law degree from Queen’s University in 1999 and was called to the Bar in 2001. Laurie practices exclusively in personal injury and long term disability claims with Burn Tucker Lachaîne in Ottawa. Laurie served a long time on the Board of Directors for the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA), from May 2004 to May 2016. An avid proponent of continuing legal education, Laurie has presented papers at OTLA’s continuing legal education conferences and has published papers in The Litigator. In addition to her work with OTLA, Laurie has presented at the County of Carleton Law Association’s Litigation Conference and has been on their planning committee since 2013. Laurie has done work for the Advocates Society’s Child Advocacy Project and the Refugee Sponsorship Support Program’s pro bono project. From 2010 to 2015, Laurie was a member of the Board of Directors for the Youville Centre, an Ottawa non-profit organization which assists young mothers and their children by providing education and daycare in a specialized setting, allowing the young moms to complete high school. In 2010, Laurie was awarded the CCLA’s Regional Senior Justice Award. In 2013, she was the recipient of OTLA’s Women’s Caucus Award, and in 2016, she received OTLA’s Distinguished Service Award. In her personal life, Laurie enjoys spending time with friends and her dogs. She loves live theatre and she travels as often as she possibly can.
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