The question of “more advantageous”

Where a claimant had obtained judgment as to liability, and an award in damages of a sum exceeding an earlier payment in, a judge was empowered by CPR r 36.14(1) to adopt a broad approach when considering costs and the question whether the result was “more advantageous” vis à vis a refused payment in, and he was entitled if appropriate to award costs in favour of a losing party or to make no order for costs.