What is the test for making a formal offer of settlement in a personal injury case?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Bellinger v Jones, 2018 BCSC 894 (CanLII):

Nominal offers to settle are not prima facie unreasonable. The rationale behind these types of offers was discussed in MacKinlay v. MacKinlay Estate, 2008 BCSC 1570 at paras. 34–35:

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