What is the reasonableness of a settlement based on risk and cost factors?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Scott v. Ontario Business College (1977) Ltd., 2004 CanLII 12288 (ON SC):
The above referenced criteria are simply guidelines and do not constitute a rigid set of criteria for assessing the reasonableness of a settlement. In Tesluk v. Boots Pharmaceutical PLC, 2002 CarswellOnt 1266, (Para 11), Justice Winkler held that risk and cost factors were important issues in assessing the reasonableness of a settlement.
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