Is a party entitled to double costs for failing to accept an offer that should have been accepted?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Arnett v Arnett, 2019 BCSC 61 (CanLII):

An award of double costs is a punitive measure for a party’s failure to accept an offer that should have been accepted: Hartshorne v. Hartshorne 2011 BCCA 29 at para. 25.

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