"Costs Awards Should Not Punish Plaintiffs From Taking Forward Meritorious...
In a demonstration of the judicial flexibility that exists under the BC Supreme Court Rules when assessing costs consequences following trials with formal offers in place, reasons for judgement were...
View ArticlePlaintiff Stripped of Costs For Failing to Beat Defence Offer
Reasons for judgement were released today by the BC Supreme Court, New Westminster Registry, stripping a Plaintiff of post offer costs after receiving a jury award less than a pre-trial defence...
View ArticleDouble Costs Awarded After Trial Judgement Nearly Doubles Plaintiff Formal Offer
Reasons for judgement were released last week by the BC Supreme Court, Vancouver Registry, awarding a Plaintiff double costs after obtaining judgement nearly doubling her pre trial formal settlement...
View ArticleCourt Denies Defendant Costs to Prevent "Pyrrhic Victory" for Plaintiff
Reasons for judgement were released today demonstrating the Court’s discretion for costs following trial where formal settlement offers were exchanged. In today’s case (Bains v. Antle) the Plaintiff...
View ArticleBC Supreme Court – Double Costs Does Not Mean Double Disbursements
Reasons for judgement were published today by the BC Supreme Court, Vernon Registry, confirming that an order for double costs does not also mean a party is entitled to double disbursements. In...
View Article"Marginal Difference" Between Trial Result and ICBC Settlement Offer Results...
Reasons for judgement were published today by the BC Supreme Court, Victoria Registry, awarding a Plaintiff full trial costs after the Plaintiff failed to beat an ICBC settlement offer by a “marginal...
View ArticleICBC Hit With Double Costs For “Unreasonable Refusal” To Settle Injury Claim
Reasons for judgement were published today by the BC Supreme Court, Kelowna Registry, ordering ICBC to pay double costs after their ‘unreasonable refusal’ to accept a sensible settlement offer in an...
View ArticleICBC Hit With Double Costs Due To Inadequate Settlement Efforts
Reasons for judgement were published today ordering double costs to a plaintiff who was awarded damages substantially above his settlement request following a vehicle injury. In today’s case (Godbout...
View ArticleBC Court of Appeal Upholds Costs Awards To Plaintiff To Avoid “Pyrrhic Victory”
In 2017 the BC Supreme Court awarded a litigant injured in a vehicle collision costs despite receiving a jury verdict far less than a pre-trial settlement offer from ICBC. The court concluded that if...
View ArticlePlaintiff Awarded Costs Despite Jury Awarding Damages Far Less than ICBC...
Reasons for judgement were published today by the BC Supreme Court, Penticton Registry, dismissing a defence application for costs and awarding a Plaintiff full costs despite receiving a jury award...
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