The court gave guidance on the principles and practice of making protective costs orders in public law cases. A protective costs order would only be made in exceptional cases. On the present facts, a protective costs order would be made where an application for judicial review was of general public importance because it related to the interests of the taxpayer in the support of major British companies in international trade and raised issues about the non-implementation of the published consulta ...
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Where the husband in ancillary relief proceedings had given wrong and misleading information about a sum of money that was of a sufficient size to materially affect the final outcome, he could not complain if his conduct attracted an adverse order in costs. In a highly-charged situation, with serious allegations about conduct being raised on both sides, the obligation to provide proper disclosure was heightened. However, the wife's determination to run all arguments available to her, with a disr ...
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