After a successful application by defendants including an education professionals association, the Yukon Supreme Court fixed costs at $8,000 and refused a proposed disbursement for an associated lawyer's legal opinion. The costs ruling in Emery v Yukon Association of Education Professionals did not resolve the lawsuit's substantive allegations.
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Yukon court refuses to charge losing litigant for law firm's outside opinion
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