COST BITES 414 : A WITHDRAWN PART 36 OFFER STILL HAD AN IMPACT ON THE AWARD OF COSTS: CLAIMANTS COULD NOT RECOVER COSTS AFTER DATE OF OFFER

In this case the judge considered the question of whether a Part 36 offer that was withdrawn after trial should have any impact on the award of costs.  The judge held that it should.  If the claimants had accepted they offer they would have been much better off than they were after the court had giv...