Can the court award double costs to a plaintiff who has made an offer to settle?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from 0731989 B.C. Ltd. v. District of Hope, 2014 BCSC 267 (CanLII):
Double costs are a creature of statute and cannot be granted without express power: Evans v. Jensen, 2011 BCCA 279. Rule 9-1(5)(b) allows the court to award double costs in certain circumstances in which an offer to settle has been made. An offer to settle, as that term is defined in Rule 9-1(1) is, however, a pre-condition to an order of double costs.
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