What is the test for revocation of a formal settlement offer?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Arsenovski v. Bodin, 2014 BCSC 199 (CanLII):

The plaintiff relies on the principle that revocation of a formal settlement offer does not occur unless there is clear and unambiguous language to that effect: Pollock v. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, 2009 BCSC 1031 at para. 16; Janzen v. Janzen, 2011 BCSC 1146 at paras. 47-52.

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