Is an offer to settle providing that each party bears its own costs an offer under Rule 37A?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Gosbjorn v. Hadley, 2008 BCSC 1614 (CanLII):
The court has also rejected the argument that an offer to settle providing that each party bears its own costs is an offer to settle under Rule 37A. This was discussed in Lewis v. Abel, 2008 BCSC 140, at para. 26-29, as follows:
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