DJC Irving - v - Penguin Books Ltd and Deborah Lipstadt

Court Rules (Part 36) require that the parties make a pre-trial Offer to Settle.

IN THE HIGH COURT Claim No. 1113

(QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION)

BETWEEN

Claimant

First Defendant

The Claimant hereby offers to settle his libel claim for the gross amount of £500 (which will be donated to a charity to be nominated by the Claimant). This offer is to remain open for acceptance for 21 days from the date it is made and may be accepted after that only if the parties agree the liability for costs or the court gives permission.

The following information is supplied in clariÞcation of this offer:-

• it is intended to settle the whole of the Claimant's claim
• it is intended also to settle any counterclaim against the Claimant that might otherwise be asserted
• it is not intended to affect any rights over or against anyone else that the Defendants may wish to assert, by Part 20 claim or otherwise
• it is not intended to affect any rights that any other person may wish to assert against the Defendants
• the offer, above, is inclusive of interest
• if the offer is accepted without needing the permission of the court, the Claimant will be entitled to his costs of the proceedings up to the date of the Defendant's serving notice of acceptance as provided in CPR 36.13(1).

Dated

 

Signed [David Irving]

Sept 1998: Mr Irving offered secretly to settle with Penguin Books if they donated $800 to a charity

Oct 2004: Popular myth dispelled Richard Santana believes that Mr Irving wanted to make a killing from the Lipstadt trial