- Parties: The appellant was Tariq Rana. The respondent was Teamsters Local Union No. 938.

- Subject Matter: The appellant moved to review an assessment of costs. The Federal Court dismissed his motion. On appeal, he argued that the assessment officer failed to be guided by an agreement between the parties fixing the costs at $2,500 and instead assessed costs in accordance with Tariff B of the Federal Courts Rules, S.O.R./98-106. He also contended that his right to pay the respondent by email money transfer in Canadian dollars was a right to liberty under s. 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

- Ruling: The appeal court ruled in the respondent’s favour and dismissed the appeal. It found no reason to disagree with the Federal Court’s finding that the assessment officer made no error of principle when he proceeded with an assessment of costs without taking into account the parties’ alleged agreement. The appeal court said that the letter agreement was not the best evidence of an agreement between the parties and that better contemporaneous evidence came from the email exchanges between the parties, which included an agreement that payments would be made by cheque.

- Date: The hearing was set on May 31, 2023. The court released its decision on June 2, 2023.

- Venue: This was a federal case before the Federal Court of Appeal.

- Amount: No financial award was specified.