55 Payment of additional amount to successful claimant
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55  Payment of additional amount to successful claimant

(1)     Rules of court may make provision for a court to order a defendant in civil proceedings to pay an additional amount to a claimant in those proceedings where—

(a)     the claim is a claim for (and only for) an amount of money,

(b)     judgment is given in favour of the claimant,

(c)     the judgment in respect of the claim is at least as advantageous as an offer to settle the claim which the claimant made in accordance with rules of court and has not withdrawn in accordance with those rules, and

(d)     any prescribed conditions are satisfied.

(2)     Rules made under subsection (1) may include provision as to the assessment of whether a judgment is at least as advantageous

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