Effect of acceptance
20.16 Effect of acceptance
(1) Where a plaintiff accepts money paid into the Court in satisfaction of a claim against a defendant paying money into the Court, the proceedings are stayed in relation to:
the claim against the defendant;
(b) an alternative claim against the defendant or some other defendant; and
(c) if the defendant, in paying the money into the Court, had taken into account a counterclaim referred to in rule 20.20(2) – the counterclaim against the plaintiff.
(2) Where a defendant pays money into the Court in answer to a claim and the plaintiff accepts the money in satisfaction of the claim against the defendant, the liability of another person (whether a party to the proceedings or not) jointly with the defendant in respect of the claim is satisfied to the extent of the amount of the money accepted and is discharged by the acceptance only to that extent.
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