What is the current state of the law on making settlement offers at settlement conferences?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Johnston v. Clearwater Seafoods Ltd., 2008 NSSC 403 (CanLII):

I find the discretion granted in 41A.11 and referred to in Goode v. Ourson, supra by Justice Goodfellow is not applicable to offers made in the midst of settlement conferences.

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