The WLR Daily case summaries
[2023] WLR(D) 327
King’s Bench Division
CCC v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
[2023] EWHC 1905 (KB)
2023 July 12; 24
Ritchie J
Costs— Discretion of court— Offer to settle— Claimant offering to settle clinical negligence proceedings by accepting lump sum offer and periodical payments order— Defendant not accepting offer— Award of damages exceeding amount of periodical payments order offer but not lump sum offer— Claimant applying for order for indemnity costs, additional award enhanced interest— Whether judgment award more advantageous to claimant than Part 36 offer— Whether claimant required to beat offer on both lump sum and periodical payments—
CPR
r 36.17(2)