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The risks of refusing reasonable offers to settle

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Published on: 26 January 2015
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  • What does this case tell us about the application of the principles of M v M?
  • What lessons can be taken from the way in which the court approached the grounds for appeal?

Article summary

Family analysis: John Nicholson, partner, and Thomas Pavey, solicitor, in the family law team at Irwin Mitchell, explain that the judgment in SR v RS demonstrates that parties cannot, in the face of reasonable offers to settle, continue to litigate matters indefinitely without the spectre of cost sanctions.

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