What is the relationship between an offer and the judgment amount?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Tapestry Realty Ltd. v. Mangat, 2011 BCSC 1415 (CanLII):
With respect to the relationship between the offer and the judgment amount, the plaintiff has provided a draft bill of its costs subsequent to the date of the offer. The plaintiff says, and I accept, that the final judgment will clearly exceed the amount of the offer. The plaintiff concedes that the judgment amount did not significantly exceed the offer, but cites Osooli-Talesh v. Enami, 2008 BCSC 1749, as authority for the proposition that an offer which only matches the judgment amount may still entitle the offering party to a double costs award.
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