CLAIMANT'S ACCEPTANCE OF PART 36 OFFER DOES NOT LEAD TO JUDGMENT ON COUNTERCLAIM: A MARATHON EFFORT BUT TO NO AVAIL

In Marathon Asset Management LLP -v- Seddon [2016] EWHC 2615 (Comm) Mr Justice Leggatt rejected an argument that the claimant's  acceptance of a Part 36 offer meant that a defendant was entitled to judgment on its counterclaim. KEY POINTS

The claimantsaccepted an offer of £1,500.000 made by defenda...