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Resources for the law of costs

Books
Canadian
General
o   * Orkin, The Law of Costs, 2nd ed. (Aurora: Canada Law Book, looseleaf)
 
British Columbia
o   Irvine, F., British Columbia Court Forms (McLachlin and Taylor), 2nd ed. (Markham: LexisNexis Butterworths, looseleaf) (4 volumes) – Chapter 21 covers costs
o   Dunn, McCallum & Turiff, Practice Before the Registrar (British Columbia: CLE, looseleaf) - Chapter 2 provides commentary on the assessment of costs by the Registrar.
o   Part 8 of the Legal Profession Act, S.B.C. 1998, c. 9 deals with lawyers' fees. In particular, ss. 70 -76 deal with court review of lawyers’ bills and the following provide commentary on that process
o   Turriff, G., Annotated British Columbia Legal Profession Act (Aurora: Canada Law Book, looseleaf) provides commentary on that process.
o   Dunn, McCallum & Turiff, Practice Before the Registrar (British Columbia: CLE, looseleaf) - Chapter 3.
 
Ontario
o   Killeen & Morton, A guide to costs in Ontario (North York: CCH, 2002)
 
English
o   Cook, M., Cook on Costs: A guide to legal remuneration in civil contentious and non-contentious business (London: Butterworths, 1995)