Is a party entitled to double costs for refusing to accept an offer to settle that should have been accepted?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from 0731989 B.C. Ltd. v. District of Hope, 2014 BCSC 267 (CanLII):
An award of double costs is a punitive measure against a litigant for that party’s failure to have accepted an offer to settle that should have been accepted: Hartshorne v. Hartshorne, 2011 BCCA 29 at para. 25. A party cannot be punished in costs for refusing to accept an offer that is greater than the award made against it at trial.
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