Costs consequences under CPR r.36.17 where a party beats (or fails to beat) its own Part 36 offer at trial.
When ticked, any costs the defendant may enforce against the claimant are capped at the aggregate of the orders for damages, interest and costs in the claimant's favour (CPR r.44.14).
Base rate is the Bank of England base rate, applied automatically over the period (and varied where it changed).