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Weekly law digests

25 July 2019
Issue: 7850 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Costs

Ardawa v Uppal and another [2019] EWHC 1663 (Ch), [2019] All ER (D) 84 (Jul)

The Chancery Division considered the issue of costs after the appellant trustee made a largely unsuccessful application in bankruptcy proceedings. It held that, among other things, it could summarily assess the costs in the case. The first respondent petitioning creditor would have the costs she could recover reduced, to take into account her conduct and certain aspects of her claim. The fact that the second respondent trustee’s costs of legal proceedings were payable out of the estate determined the source from which the fund would come. It did not remove the normal role of the court regarding the costs of legal proceedings conducted before it.

Disclosure & inspection of documents

Hotel Portfolio II UK Ltd (in liquidation) v SMA Investment Holdings Ltd (a company incorporated in the Marshall Islands) and others [2019] EWHC 1754 (Comm), [2019] All ER (D) 66 (Jul)

The applicant company’s application for a declaration that it was entitled to disclose certain documents in its possession, notwithstanding legal professional privilege, failed. The Commercial Court

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

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NEWS

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