ABSTRACT

An offer to settle can be made in any proceedings, whether or not there is a money claim.1 Notwithstanding that the offer may be expressed to be ‘without prejudice’, the offeror reserves the right to make the terms of the offer known to the court, after judgment, when the question of allocation of costs or, in the case of an offer by the claimant, the question of interest on damages, falls to be decided.2 An offer to settle may be made at any time before the beginning of the trial.3