What is a reasonable time for an offer to be made at trial if an offer is not made within a specific time from the start of trial?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from J.D. v. Chandra, 2014 BCSC 1272 (CanLII):
As noted by Mr. Justice Voith in Brewster v. Li, 2014 BCSC 463, there is currently no requirement in the Rules that an offer be made within a specific time from the start of trial. The question of what is a reasonable time to consider an offer is “largely driven and governed by context” (para. 26).
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