Court Declines to Award Plaintiff Double Costs Where Adverse Liability...
Often times when a plaintiff is awarded damages beyond their formal settlement offer the BC Supreme Court awards double costs. Such an outcome is discretionary and not automatic and occasionally...
View ArticleCourt Finds "After the Event" Insurance a Factor To Consider When Awarding...
In what, to my knowledge, is the first BC injury case commenting on the weight a court should place on “After the Event” insurance when awarding costs post trial, reasons for judgement were released...
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 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 Article"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 $56,207 of Costs and Disbursements for Not Beating...
Reasons for judgement were released today by the BC Supreme Court, Vancouver Registry, highlighting the judicial flexibility and potential financial risks that come into play when a formal offer of...
View ArticleNo Costs Consequences With Formal Offer Bested by "Almost Negligible Difference"
Reasons for judgement were released today by the BC Supreme Court, Vancouver Registry, refusing to award discretionary costs where a defence formal settlement offer was not beat by a plaintiff by an...
View ArticleICBC Punished 25% for Unproven Fraud Allegation
Reasons for judgement were released today by the BC Supreme Court, New Westminster Registry, finding that unproven allegations of fraud can be used as a factor to minimize a successful party’s costs...
View ArticleA Costs Argument That "Ought Not To Have Been Made"
Reasons for judgement were released today by the BC Supreme Court, Victoria Registry, criticizing a costs argument advanced by defense counsel after failing to best the Plaintiff’s formal settlement...
View ArticleDouble Costs Denied Following Modest Besting of Formal Settlement Offer
Reasons for judgement were released today by the BC Supreme Court, Vancouver Registry, denying a Plaintiff double costs after modestly beating a pre-trial formal settlement offer. In today’s case...
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