Cases

Jones v Associated Newspapers Limited

Comment

This decision makes it clear that it will not be enough for a claimant to beat a part 36 offer made by him simply by achieving a higher award of damages than offered by way of settlement. The court will scrutinise all the terms of a part 36 offer. Perhaps even more importantly, whilst the judgment makes it clear that interest would not have been awarded merely because the Claimant had been funded by a CFA, the fact that the Claimant had been funded by a CFA was one of the reasons for rejecting, in the circumstances of this particular case, the Claimant's application for enhanced interest.

Areas of work

Defamation
Media Law

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