24 May 2011
RAI RANA MAGAR PABITRA PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF RANA MAGAR MOHAN JUNG, DECEASED AND ANOTHER v. PACIFIC CONSTRUCTION (HK) CO LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- RAI RANA MAGAR PABITRA PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF<br>THE ESTATE OF RANA MAGAR MOHAN JUNG, DECEASED AND ANOTHER v. PACIFIC CONSTRUCTION (HK) CO LTD AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI398/2008
The sanctioned offer made by the plaintiffs on 18 November 2009 remained subsisting because it was not validly withdrawn in writing; however the court, exercising its wide discretionary power under Order 22 r.5(7), refused leave to the defendants to accept that offer after the expiry of the relevant period because the plaintiffs demonstrated cogent, material change of circumstances (obtaining counsel's advice that materially strengthened their case) and gave credible notice on multiple occasions that they were no longer willing to settle on the offered terms; oral communications alone do not…