“…ssful defendant who has beaten his or her own offer, can be discerned from three cases: Reid Minty (A Firm) v Taylor [2001] EWCA Civ 1723; Kiam II v MGN (No 2) [2002] EWCA Civ 66;and Excelsior Commercial and Industrial Holdings Limited v Salisbury Hammer Aspden and Johnson (A Firm) [2002] EWCA Civ 879.…”
“…[2002] EWCA Civ 66 to support his contention that the refusal of offers is not unreasonable conduct. An indemnity costs order would be wholly inappropriate on the facts of this c…”
“…of a party was “unreasonable to a high degree”. In this context “unreasonable” does not mean merely wrong or misguided in hindsight: see Kiam v MGN Ltd (No. 2) [2002] EWCA Civ 66; [2002] 1 WLR 2810, at para. 12 (Simon Brown LJ).…”