“To avoid trial or to narrow the issues, Ms. Burley did nothing. She made no Offer to Settle, formally or informally. Intransigence as such comes at a price. As aptly stated by Wilson J. in Hussain v. Alam, 2013 ONSC 2250:
“Parties cannot take an untenable position, refuse to negotiate to achieve a reasonable compromise, and then when the outcome is adverse, plead that it would be unfair to require them to pay costs.”