What are the leading authorities on double costs due to a party's rejection of an offer to settle?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Avina v Sea Senor (Ship), 2017 BCSC 1406 (CanLII):
One of the leading authorities on double costs due to a party’s rejection of an offer to settle is the decision in Hartshorne v. Hartshorne, 2011 BCCA 29. That case set out a number of relevant considerations and described the guiding principles behind the double costs rule:
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