A bankrupt may enforce a costs order made in his favour after bankruptcy where the trustee in bankruptcy refuses to intervene, on the basis that a bankrupt retains the power to deal with after-acquired property and bring proceedings in respect of it unless and until the trustee intervenes. The question of whether a costs order is properly characterised as after-acquired property divisible amongst creditors was left open.
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