(1) This rule applies if a defendant makes a claim
(a
"contribution claim" ) to recover contribution or indemnity against a person,
whether a defendant to the proceeding or not, in relation to a claim for a
debt or damages made by the plaintiff in the proceeding.
(2) A party to the
contribution claim may serve on another party to the contribution claim an
offer, subject to any conditions specified in the offer—
(a) to settle the
contribution claim; or
(b) to contribute towards an offer to settle the claim
made by the plaintiff.
(3) The court may take account of an offer under
subrule (2) in deciding whether it should order that the party on whom the
offer was served should pay all or part of—
(a) the costs of the party who
made the offer; and
(b) any costs the party is liable to pay to the
plaintiff.
(4) Rules 356and 357apply, with any changes necessary, to an
offer to contribute as if it were an offer.
