What is the test for awarding double costs from the date of the making of an offer?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Craggs v. Stolz, 2004 ABCA 196 (CanLII):
Applying this concept by analogy, the only issue is whether the offer was “genuine”, as coined in Labee v. Peters at para. 13, and if so, is there “special reason” not to award the respondents double costs from the date of the making of the offer?
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