Coward v Phaestos Ltd & ors [2014] EWCA Civ 1256

Part 36: Humble offerings

David Sawtell analyses recent caselaw on Part 36 ‘There is a tension between the natural inclination to make a proportionate costs order where a party has lost on discrete issues and the prescriptive nature of Part 36.’Practitioners frequently debate tactics and strategy when negotiating the litigation and settlement of claims. One of the most important …

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Costs: Sharing the blame

Andrew Kelmanson provides a timely reminder of the law behind co-defendant costs orders ‘Claimants involved in multi-party litigation may apply to the courts to make discretionary costs orders in circumstances where a claimant succeeds against one or more defendants, but does not succeed against others.’ Alongside determining the liability of the parties to proceedings, courts …

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Part 36: An unsettling time?

Alex Fox, Chris Hoyer Millar and Clare Arthurs discuss the evolution of offers to settle, Part 44 and changes to Part 36 ‘Coward clearly shows that the courts will approach the question of costs differently according to whether the parties have made a Calderbank offer or a Part 36 offer.’Litigation, we are told, should be …

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