CLAIMANT’S LATE ACCEPTANCE OF A PART 36 OFFER DID NOT PERMIT DEFENDANT TO SET OFFCOSTS AGAINST DAMAGES: QOCS PRINCIPLES REIGN SUPREME

In  Chappell v Mrozek [2022] EWHC 3147 (KB) Master Stevens rejected the defendant's argument that the defendant's entitlement to costs, arising from late acceptance of a Part 36 offer,  could be enforced from the claimant's damages.  The judgment examines the interrelationship between Part 36 and QO...