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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/part-36",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "part/36",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "OFFERS TO SETTLE",
  "text": "Contents of this Part\nTitle\nRule number\nScope of this Part\nRule 36.1\nSection 1 – Part 36 Offers to Settle\nGENERAL\nScope of this Section\nRule 36.2\nDefinitions\nRule 36.3\nApplication of Part 36 to appeals\nRule 36.4\nMAKING OFFERS\nForm and content of a Part 36 offer\nRule 36.5\nPart 36 offers – defendant’s offer\nRule 36.6\nTime when a Part 36 offer is made\nRule 36.7\nCLARIFYING, WITHDRAWING AND CHANGING THE TERMS OF OFFERS\nClarification of a Part 36 offer\nRule 36.8\nWithdrawing or changing the terms of a Part 36 offer generally\nRule 36.9\nWithdrawing or changing the terms of a Part 36 offer before the expiry of the relevant period\nRule 36.10\nACCEPTING OFFERS\nAcceptance of a Part 36 offer\nRule 36.11\nAcceptance of a Part 36 offer in a split-trial case\nRule 36.12\nCosts consequences of acceptance of a Part 36 offer\nRule 36.13\nOther effects of acceptance of a Part 36 offer\nRule 36.14\nAcceptance of a Part 36 offer made by one or more, but not all, defendants\nRule 36.15\nUNACCEPTED OFFERS\nRestriction on disclosure of a Part 36 offer\nRule 36.16\nCosts consequences following judgment\nRule 36.17\nPERSONAL INJURY CASES\nPersonal injury claims for future pecuniary loss\nRule 36.18\nOffer to settle a claim for provisional damages\nRule 36.19\nDeduction of benefits and Lump sum payments\nRule 36.20\nMISCELLANEOUS\nCases in which the offeror’s costs have been limited to court fees\nRule 36.21\nSection II - Claims to which Sections VI, VII or VIII of Part 45 Apply\nScope of this Section and definitions\nRule 36.22\nCosts consequences of acceptance of a Part 36 offer\nRule 36.23\nCosts consequences following judgment\nRule 36.24\nSection III - RTA Protocol and EL/PL Protocol offers to settle\nScope of this Section\nRule 36.25\nForm and content of a Protocol offer\nRule 36.26\nTime when a Protocol offer is made\nRule 36.27\nGeneral provisions\nRule 36.28\nRestrictions on disclosure of a Protocol offer\nRule 36.29\nCosts consequences following judgment\nRule 36.30\nDeduction of benefits\nRule 36.31",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 36 substituted (6.4.2015) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 8) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/3299), rule 2(c), Sch. 1 (with rule 18)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 36 Table of Contents substituted (1.10.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rules 1(1), 12(1) (with rule 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 36 Table of Contents inserted (1.10.2023 immediately after S.I. 2023/572 comes into force) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rules 1(1), 19(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/part/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}