What is the test for refusing to accept an offer to settle?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Fiorellino-Di Poce v. Di Poce, 2019 ONSC 7074 (CanLII):
Offers to settle play an important role in the landscape of family law in Ontario: Lawrence v. Lawrence, 2017 ONCJ 431, at paras. 37-38. In my view, given the importance of offers to settle, failing to make one may amount to unreasonable conduct.
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