Calderbank Offer in United Kingdom

Definition of Calderbank Offer

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Calderbank Offer : (Calderbank letter, Calderbank offer)

Formerly, a letter sent by one party to a civil action, in which a remedy other than debt or damages is claimed, to another offering to compromise the action on terms specified in the letter. The first such letter was sent in the case Calderbank v Calderbank (1976). Calderbank offers are now (since the introduction of the *Civil Procedure Rules in 1999) known as *Part 36 offers.