What is the reasonability of a nominal offer to waive costs and disbursements?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Lanz v. Silver Lady Limousine Service Ltd., 2016 BCSC 705 (CanLII):
In McCaffrey v. Kang, 2014 BCSC 2294 at para. 23, the court noted the reasonability of the nominal offer specifically because the defendant offered to waive costs and disbursements and that “liability was at best, an uphill struggle for the plaintiff” early on in the litigation. Those comments distinguish that case from this one.
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