COSTS SHOULD NOT NORMALLY BE REDUCED WHEN A CLAIMANT BEATS THEIR OWN PART 36 OFFER: COURT OF APPEAL DECISION

|n Webb -v-Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust [2016]EWCA Civ 365 the Court of Appeal overturned an "issue based" decision on costs in a case where a claimant had beaten there own Part 36 offer. "It is a sad fact that the provisions of Part 36, intended to promote the settlement of litigation, an...