Is a party entitled to double costs where it recovers a judgment that is more favourable than the amount offered?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from NPS Farms Ltd. v. E.I. du Pont Canada Company, 2008 ABQB 69 (CanLII):
A party is entitled to double costs where it recovers a judgment that is more favourable than the amount offered unless “special reason” exists. (Nagy v. Canada, 2007 ABCA 58 at para.7).
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