Non-compliance with discovery obligations, without deliberate misconduct, does not of itself warrant an order for indemnity costs. A party who rejects a Calderbank offer on the basis of an unreasonable assumption of entitlement to indemnity costs acts unreasonably for the purposes of costs consequences. The rejection of a subsequent Calderbank offer neither adds to nor detracts from the costs effect of an earlier rejected offer.
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