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Civil litigation 2021 BCSC 568

Equustek Solutions Inc. v. Jack

The court dismissed Colin Marsh’s application for double costs, finding the plaintiffs’ refusal of his settlement offer was reasonable in the circumstances.

  • Offer to settle
  • Double costs
  • Settlement offers
  • Costs scale b
  • Release and dismissal
  • Rules of court - r. 9-1(6)
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Civil litigation 2019 BCSC 1891

Talwerdi v. Green

The court dismissed the defendant’s Rule 9-1 costs application after a jury trial in a motor vehicle personal injury case, finding the plaintiff’s refusal of the offer was not unreasonable.

  • Offer to settle (rule 9-1 sccr)
  • Costs awards
  • Damages assessment
  • Credibility and expert evidence
  • Jury trial
  • Costs-awards
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Defamation 2016 BCSC 949

Casses v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Costs reasons in defamation actions: special costs were awarded against the individual defendants, CBC received Scale C costs, and some settlement offers triggered double costs.

  • Special costs
  • Scale c costs
  • Offers to settle and rule 9-1
  • Aggravated and punitive damages
  • Fair comment defence
  • Special-costs
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Civil procedure 2012 BCSC 1708

Wafler v. Trinh

Costs decision after a jury verdict in a motor vehicle personal injury case, addressing settlement offers and whether double costs were warranted under Rule 9-1.

  • Offer to settle
  • Rule 9-1 (costs)
  • Double costs
  • Causation
  • Mitigation
  • Costs assessment
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Civil procedure 2011 BCSC 1677

Khunkhun v. Titus

Costs decision after a personal injury jury trial: the plaintiff reasonably refused a $70,000 offer, so she received costs to the offer date only.

  • Offer to settle
  • Costs consequences
  • Settlement negotiation
  • Jury damages assessment
  • Loss of income
  • Vestibular injury
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Family law 2010 BCCA 264

Roach v. Dutra

The Court of Appeal upheld a finding that the parties remained spouses despite living in separate homes, and it confirmed the spousal support and costs orders.

  • Spousal support
  • Definition of spouse and cohabitation
  • Limitation period for support applications
  • Unjust enrichment and constructive trust
  • Partition of property
  • Offers to settle and rule 37b
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