There is an ongoing debate about whether the Defendant should, or does, face any adverse consequences when a Claimant’s Part 36 offer is accepted late. I had a recent email from solicitor John McQuater of Atherton Godfrey. Here I look at two contrasting cases and, with his permission, John’s views – to add to the debate.
DECISION 1: LATE ACCEPTANCE IN ITSELF DOES HAVE CONSEQUENCES:
John was the solicitor in Sutherland -v- Khan (DJ Besford 21st April 2016) (This is from his note on the case).
“The defendant argued any order for costs should be on the standard basis and that that would, in any event, mean that Part 45.29B applied, limiting the claimant to fixed costs on the basis that these, under that rule, were “the only costs allowed”. The defendant resisted the argument that the claimant should recover indemnity costs by relying on Fitzpatrick Contractors Limited –v-
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