AN OFFER TO SETTLE THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE PROVISION FOR COSTS MAY WELL BE INEFFECTIVE: IT CERTAINLY WILL NOT LEAD TO A PETITION BEING STRUCK OUT: COURT OF APPEAL DECISION TODAY

Here we look at an argument that a petition should be struck out because the respondents had made a reasonable offer to resolve the issues between the parties.  The Court of Appeal observed that the "reasonable offer" did not include an offer to pay the petitioner's costs. In those circumstances str...