James Marwick an experienced member of our Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence teams published an article for Lexis Nexis on Part 36 and qualified one-way costs shifting in personal injury and clinical negligence cases.
The Court of Appeal has held that qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) protection is retained by a claimant where there is late acceptance of a Part 36 offer leading to costs orders in favour of a defendant upon further order of the court.