Is this a case for double costs?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Brydon v. Thom, 2015 BCSC 479 (CanLII):
It is my view as in Burnett v. Moir, 2012 BCSC 1286 (paras. 48 - 50), that this is not a case for double costs. The result was not preordained and it cannot be said that the offer should have been accepted. As noted in Meghji v. Lee, 2012 BCSC 379, this cannot be determined in hindsight by the court’s decision in the case.
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