A PART 36 OFFER MADE PRE-TRIAL WAS NOT OPEN FOR ACCEPTANCE WHILST QUANTUM WAS BEING ASSESSED: WHEN IS A SPLIT TRIAL NOT A SPLIT TRIAL?

In Wells v Hornshaw & Ors [2024] EWHC 2019 (Ch) Mr Justice Adam Johnson rejected a petitioner's argument that a Part 36 offer remained open for acceptance. There had been a trial after the Part 36 offer had been made.  That trial was, it turned out, the only trial that was needed and the rules c...