NINE YEARS ON V: 2017: THE CLAIMANT THAT TURNED DOWN A PART 36 OFFER OF £1.5 MILLION AND GOT £2 INSTEAD: A LESSON FOR LITIGANTS WITH MOUTHS TOO WIDE

Choosing one case from each year is not an easy task.  We have reached 2017 and I have selected two posts which relate to the same case.  A claimant sought damages of £15 million but failed to prove it had lost anything, it received nominal damages of £2.   The later judgment shows that the claimant...