Can an offer to settle a claim be delivered without an offer of settlement?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Smith v. Neil, 2015 BCSC 572 (CanLII):
On January 7, 2015, I released reasons for judgment in this matter (Smith v. Neil, 2015 BCSC 9) and invited the parties to reappear before me as to the issue of costs if such were impacted by delivery of an offer to settle.
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