Without prejudice offer letter template
A without prejudice offer letter makes an offer to settle a dispute that cannot be shown to the court as an admission. It sets out the dispute, the settlement sum and who pays it, the payment terms, how long the offer is open and how to accept, and can reserve the right to show the letter to the court on costs. A business or its solicitor sends one in each dispute it tries to settle, with the parties, the dispute and the figure changing each time.
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What changes each time
9 values. Everything else is your wording, kept exactly.
The parties
- Sender and recipient
- Heading
The dispute
- What the dispute is about
- Correspondence it refers to
- Your position, in a sentence or two
The offer
- Who pays and how much
- Interest and costs
- Payment deadline in days
- Offer open until
One worked example, start to finish
The without prejudice offer letter in DocuWeave, from upload to approval.
1The document uploaded
The letter, a Word file, uploaded as it is.
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The template it became
It found 19 sections but only 2 values: the placeholders stayed in the wording as brackets.
Questions people ask
What does without prejudice mean?
It means the letter is part of a genuine attempt to settle a dispute, so it generally cannot be shown to the court as evidence of an admission.
What does save as to costs mean?
The letter can be shown to the court, but only on the question of who pays the costs, once the other issues have been decided.
Is a without prejudice offer a Part 36 offer?
No. A Part 36 offer has its own rules and consequences under the Civil Procedure Rules. This letter says it is not one.
How long should the offer stay open?
Long enough for the other side to consider it properly. The letter states a date and time after which it lapses unless extended in writing.
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