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Sanctioned offer/payment (order 22)
  • 14 Apr 2014

    YUMUL JENNIFER CONCEPCION v. TAM PO SHAN

    Citation
    YUMUL JENNIFER CONCEPCION v. TAM PO SHAN
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCEC1856/2011

    The 27 September 2011 Calderbank letter was a valid and clear pre-action offer when made but it was withdrawn/superseded by the respondent's later offer of 16 January 2012 and, in any event, the respondent did not convert or protect that pre-action offer into a sanctioned offer/payment after commencement; therefore the court will not take the 27 September 2011 Calderbank offer into account for costs after commencement on 6 December 2011. The appropriate costs order is no order as to costs for 27 September 2011 to 6 December 2011 and costs thereafter to the applicant; costs of the Costs hearin…