What is the test for an offer of settlement in a personal injury case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Pugsley v. Adamantidou, 2021 ONCJ 590 (CanLII):
[17] Close is not good enough to attract the costs consequences of 18 (14). The offer must be as good as or more favourable than the trial result. See: Gurley v. Gurley, 2013 ONCJ 482. 3.2 Offers to settle
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