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1. At the beginning of the hearing, I pointed out to the parties that the 2 nd Defendant’s application for leave to accept the Plaintiffs’ sanctioned offer out of time was misconceived. This is because the Plaintiffs’ sanctioned offer has already been altered by the addition of new terms on interest and costs. This constitutes a new offer [see: Foskett on The Law and Practice of Compromise (6 th ed.) para. 17-07 ]. That being the case, the procedure laid down in RDC O.22 r.16(2)(b) and (3) fo