Is a defendant entitled to double costs for failing to respond to an offer to settle a claim?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Coquitlam (City) v. Crawford, 2008 BCSC 1507 (CanLII):
In Bailey v. Jang, 2008 BCSC 1372 (CanLII), Hinkson J. found the defendants entitled to an award of double costs beginning a reasonable period of time after which the plaintiff could consider their offer. He found that period to be 7 days after the defendants’ offer to settle.
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