In what circumstances will a plaintiff recover full costs from a settlement?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Secord v. Doulis, 2002 BCSC 675 (CanLII):
In Cooper v. Spectra Food Corp., [1999] B.C.J. No. 480 (Q.L.) (S.C.), the plaintiff recovered full costs, but she had made a formal offer to settle and exceeded that amount at trial.
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