By Ramsay, Justice, February 26, 2014
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An Ontario, Canada, court ordered defendant to pay C$60,000 in costs for “sham” mediation after a C$248,000 verdict was rendered against it. Defendant’s counsel had agreed to briefly mediate but wrote that defendant was “not interested in settling” and then stood firm on its modest offer in the mediation. The court did not rely on any other details from or about the mediation, but noted in imposing costs that a C$50,000 gap between the offer and demand required a six-day trial.
