A party that was successful at first instance on contested issues of fact and law does not act unreasonably in rejecting a Calderbank offer merely because the offeror ultimately succeeds on appeal, particularly where the appeal raises difficult questions on which the appellate judges themselves differ in reasoning. Reasonableness of rejection is assessed prospectively at the time of the offer, not with hindsight of the appeal result.
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