| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2003] All ER (D) 410 (Oct) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2003] EWHC 1718 (Ch) |
| Court: | Chancery Division |
| Judge: | Peter Smith J sitting with assessors |
| Representation | David Schmitz (instructed by Avery Clifford & Co, Reading) for the appellants. |
| Andrew Post (instructed by Charles Russell) for the respondents. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 14 July 2003 |
Catchwords
Costs - Assessment - Detailed assessment - Offers to settle - CPR 47.19.
The Case
The court emphasised the need for paying parties who wished to protect themselves against the costs consequences of CPR 47.19 to make realistic settlement offers at the beginning of the detailed assessment proceedings and not at the end.
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