MIOM 1 LTD AND ANOTHER v SEA ECHO ENE (NO 2)

[2012] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 140

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (ADMIRALTY COURT)

Before Mr Justice Teare

Practice — Costs — Collision action — Trial judge holding claimants and defendant equally responsible for collision — Defendant making pre-trial offer to settle case on basis that each ship equally to blame — Whether offer complied with CPR 61.4(12) — Whether defendant should pay claimants’ costs prior to offer on basis that there was no timeous counterclaim — Whether claimants entitled to take time-bar point — CPR Part 61.