What are the costs of a personal injury action brought by two parties?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ganam v. Singleton, 2010 BCSC 248 (CanLII):
Neither party was substantially successful at trial, nor was there any basis to apportion costs, so each party will bear their own costs: see Young v. Young, 2009 BCSC 1529. Do the offers to settle have any bearing on costs?
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