Is a plaintiff entitled to 5 units for each estimated day of trial in a matter that settled before that trial?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Wheeldon v. Magee, 2010 BCSC 491 (CanLII):

Ebrahimi v. Stevenson is an appeal from a registrar’s decision. One of the issues on appeal was whether the plaintiff was entitled to 5 units for each estimated day of trial in a matter that settled before that trial commenced.

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