If the jury rejects my claims outright, will I have to pay ICBC’s costs of defending the other driver? What if they shared video surveillance that should have alerted me to issues with my credibility? In a decision made September
Read More →If I face formal offers and fail to beat them at trial, will I suffer costs consequences? What if it turns out that I was misleading experts and my credibility unravels at trial? In a decision released on August 16,
Read More →If my disability insurance is denied, and the court orders that it is payable under the contract, can they also order that my insurance company pay for my lawyer? In the recent decision of Tanious v. Empire Life Insurance Co. (2017
Read More →If ICBC makes a formal offer that is greater than I am awarded at trial, what are the cost consequences? What if I cannot afford to pay their costs of running the trial? In a decision released today by the BC
Read More →If I am awarded more at trial than my last offer to settle on the ‘eve of trial’, will the judge award me extra costs because the defendant forced me to run a trial and wasted court time? What does a judge consider
Read More →How much trial preparation is reasonable? Will I recover for the expenses related to this additional preparation? In this week’s case of Perron v. Catalano 2016 BCSC 1285, the case settled a week ahead of trial. After settlement, “costs and
Read More →How are the costs of litigation paid after a matter goes to trial? Is the ‘loser’ always ordered to pay the costs of the ‘winner’? What if the successful litigant behaved unreasonably throughout the case? In the recent judgment Jordan
Read More →If I am found partially liable for a crash, will I have to pay part of the costs of taking my case to court? What if I reject a formal offer and then the court awards me a lower amount?
Read More →What if I make a reasonable offer to settle my case and ICBC rejects it? Will the court consider that offer when making an award of costs? In today’s case, Arsenovski v Bodin (2016 BCSC 649), Justice Griffin addressed costs
Read More →Picture this: you make a formal offer to settle, and ICBC doesn’t accept it, ultimately forcing a trial. At trial you’re awarded more than what you offered to accept. Should you be entitled to extra costs for the unnecessary litigation?
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