The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 No. 3132 (L. 17)

[F1 PART 36 E+W OFFERS TO SETTLE

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 36 substituted (6.4.2007) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.3) Rules 2006 (S.I. 2006/3435), rule 1, Sch. 1 (with rule 7(2)-(7))

Scope of this Part E+W

36.1— (1) This Part contains rules about—

(a) offers to settle; and

(b) the consequences where an offer to settle is made in accordance with this Part.

(2) Nothing in this Part prevents a party making an offer to settle in whatever way he chooses, but if the offer is not made in accordance with rule 36.2, it will not have the consequences specified in rules 36.10, 36.11 and 36.14.

(Rule 44.3 requires the court to consider an offer to settle that does not have the costs consequences set out in this Part in deciding what order to make about costs)]