In what circumstances have courts accepted that a letter constitutes an acknowledgment of a cause of action?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Nguyen v. Johnson, 2008 BCCA 218 (CanLII):
In Williams v. Williams, [1996] B.C.J. 2442 (CA), the court also accepted that a letter constituted an acknowledgment of a cause of action. In that case again there was some limited discussion of settlement in the letter.
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