The compromises necessary to Canada wants a successful outcome to the TPP negotiations not only for domestic political reasons (a general election is due in 2015), but also for
tactical reasons such as protecting its NAFTA access to the US market and ensuring that it is not disadvantaged vis — à — vis the US in any market - opening deals involving Japan.
In Huck v Robson [2002] EWCA Civ 398, [2003] 2 WLR 1340, (an RTA case), where the claimant made a 95 % offer on liability apparently purely for
tactical reasons and not because of the realistic likelihood of
such a finding being made, Schiemann LJ held that: