Is there any case law in which an offer exceeding the amount recovered is replaced within seven days before trial by another offer?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Darnell v. Spaulding, 1999 CanLII 2989 (BC SC):

This is not a situation like that in Campbell v. Khan, [1997] B.C.J. No. 2353 (S.C.) in which an offer exceeding the amount recovered was replaced within seven days before trial by another offer which exceeded the amount recovered.

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