Tim Hortons has been awarded $1.8 million in costs in a franchise class action certification and summary judgment motion dismissed in 2012. In Fairview Donut Inc. v The TDL Group Corp., Tim Hortons had claimed partial indemnity costs of $2,415,500, inclusive of taxes and disbursements. The total fees and disbursement billed by Tim Hortons' solicitors were almost $3 million. The plaintiff had acknowledged "the certification and summary judgment motions for which costs are sought were factually and legally complex, important to the parties and. .. in the circumstances, they could reasonably expect to be required to pay a meaningful costs award to the defendants." They submitted that $475,000, all-inclusive, would be "fair and reasonable, having regard to all relevant principles, including the potential adverse impact of a substantial costs award on access to justice."