{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-36.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-36.3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/36.3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "36.3",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "In this Section—\n(a) the party who makes an offer is the “offeror”;\n(b) the party to whom an offer is made is the “offeree”;\n(c) a “trial” means any trial in a case whether it is a trial of all issues or a trial of liability, quantum or some other issue in the case;\n(d) a trial is “in progress” from the time when it starts until the time when judgment is given or handed down;\n(e) a case is “decided” when all issues in the case have been determined, whether at one or more trials;\n(f) “trial judge” includes the judge (if any) allocated in advance to conduct a trial; and\n(g) “the relevant period” means—\n(i) in the case of an offer made not less than 21 days before a trial, the period specified under rule 36.5(1)(c) or such longer period as the parties agree;\n(ii) otherwise, the period up to the end of such trial.",
  "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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/36.3",
    "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."
}