Costs: Part 36 genuine offers

QM Legal Costs | Personal Injury Law Journal | October 2019 #179
Paul Jones reviews where the line is drawn between tactical and valid offers to settle ‘It was the defendant’s position that the claimant’s offer did not contain a genuine element of concession as it still included a claim for costs which negated any concession in relation to damages.’ The 78th update to the CPR in …

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Part 36: An offer you can’t refuse

St John’s Chambers (Chambers of Matthew White) | Personal Injury Law Journal | December 2018/January 2019 #171
James Marwick and Marcus Coates-Walker provide an invaluable summary of the latest decisions in the ever-changing arena of Part 36 offers ‘Hislop, it is submitted, is yet another instance of the court having to construct a Part of the CPR which was simply not drafted with fixed costs in mind and where the poor drafting …

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