PROCEDURE - CIVIL PROCEEDINGS IN STATE AND TERRITORY
COURTS - COSTS - OFFERS OF COMPROMISE, PAYMENTS INTO COURT AND
SETTLEMENTS - OFFER OF COMPROMISE OR OFFER TO SETTLE OR CONSENT TO
JUDGMENT PURSUANT TO RULES - GENERALLY - where there was a claim
and counterclaim - where the appellant made an all-up
offer to settle all claims in the proceeding which was
expressed to be under ch 9 pt 5 of the Uniform Civil Procedure
Rules 1999 (
the Rules) - where the offer did not
distinguish between the claim and counterclaim - where the trial
judge held that rr 360 and 361 of the Rules did not apply to the
by Suresh Perera
A shortage of automobile tyres in the market is driving motorists round the bend amidst complaints that dealers still holding stocks have inflated prices in the backdrop of existing import restrictions.
The worst affected are owners of small cars, many of whom derive an income by operating passenger taxi and affiliated services.
“We have no option but to ground our vehicles and be deprived of earnings to care for our families”, some passenger taxi services operators complained.
There is also the risk of facing legal action as the traffic police are now examining tyres of passenger vehicles on the roads following the bus accident at Passara, they noted.