COST BITES : BOTH PARTIES MADE “PART 36 OFFERS”: BOTH WERE INEFFECTIVE (AND THE MASTER WOULD NOT HAVE IMPOSED THE USUAL CONSEQUENCES EVEN IF THEY WERE VALID…)

Here we have a case where both parties made Part 36 offers.  The court held that the offers were ineffective. One because the offeror had not beaten their offer on a true "like-for-like" comparison. The other offer was held not to be a valid Part 36 offer at all. In both cases it was held that, if t...