The very recent decision in Pallett v MGN Limited is probably one the most significant decisions as regards the operation of Part 36 for many years, albeit that it is based upon established Part 36 principles. It has consequences for any claimant making a Part 36 offer and any defendant accepting an offer.
2020 will be remembered as the year COVID-19 changed our lives in ways we could never have imagined. It has brought every single one of us a set of new challenges that we have learnt to live with to the best of our ability and through utilising resources available to us. Whether we have had to adapt to changes in our daily routines, cope with isolation, worry about the health of those closest to us, or we have sadly lost loved ones; as a society, it has changed our lives beyond recognition.
In PJSC National Bank Trust and another v Mints and others, the court granted an application to release the claimants (C) from the standard cross-undertaking (see PD 25A) not to use, without the court’s permission, any information obtained as a result of a worldwide freezing order (WFO) for any civil or criminal proceedings other than that claim.