Ontario Settle or Go to Court? Calculator

Settle or Go to Court? Estimator

Weigh a settlement offer against the risk-adjusted value of trial. Fields marked with * are required.

Which side are you on? *

I'm suing plaintiff You're owed money and holding (or weighing) a settlement offer. I'm being sued defendant You've been sued and are deciding whether to pay to settle.

Amount awarded if you win ($) *

What a judge would order on the claim if it fully succeeds

Settlement offer on the table ($) *

What the other side is offering to pay you now

Cost to finish the case ($) From today to judgment — the legal spend settling would save. This is the cost that counts.

Legal costs already spent ($) Context only — money already gone (sunk), so it does not change the decision

Winner's cost award ($) Ontario caps this near 15% of the claim — auto-filled, editable

Date the claim arose Optional — adds prejudgment interest (CJA s. 128) to a win

Months to trial Context only — not scored into the dollars

Your chance of winning at trial 50%

An honest, sober estimate — juries and judges surprise people. Most contested cases sit between 40% and 70%.

Chance you'd actually collect a judgment 90%

A judgment against a broke or vanished defendant can be worth nothing. Lower this if collection looks doubtful.

Settle or Go to Court? Estimator

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Ontario Settle or Go to Court? Calculator — Kleiman Law

Settle or Go to Court? Estimator

How the numbers compare

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