Timeline for Am I bound by "this letter is confidential" boilerplate?
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| Oct 23, 2023 at 9:36 | comment | added | Iñaki Viggers | @Henry The phrase "without prejudice" is unnecessary because it is well known that an offer of settlement is not an admission of liability. The official or apparent intent palpable in the letter is not a valid way of unilaterally binding the recipient as to confidentiality. | |
| Oct 22, 2023 at 23:48 | comment | added | Henry | Their intention is (a) to tell the court of the offer after (and if) the court has made a less generous award to the claimant than the offer (with likely effect that the claimant will have to pay the legal costs of both sides since those costs could have been avoided if the offer had been accepted) and (b) persuade the claimant now that the financial risk to the claimant of rejecting the offer is therefore too high. "Without prejudice" is standard wording aiming to avoid admitting liability or the size of liability while making an offer to settle the case. | |
| Mar 9, 2019 at 14:40 | history | answered | Iñaki Viggers | CC BY-SA 4.0 |