Hall v Carney & Ors (No 2)

• 1. Succession
  2. › Wills, Probate and Administration
  3. › Probate and Letters of Administration
  4. › Costs
  5. › General principles
  6. › Whether suspicious circumstances justified costs from estate
  7. › Whether testator's conduct caused litigation
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Costs
  3. › Departing from the general rule
  4. › Probate proceedings
  5. › Costs payable from estate
  6. › Indemnity basis
  7. › Whether circumstances of suspicion warranted departure from costs follow the event
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Costs
  3. › Departing from the general rule
  4. › Partial success on appeal
  5. › Whether costs of appeal should be paid from estate where appeal doomed to fail on alternate ground
• 1. Appeal
  2. › General principles
  3. › Interference with discretion of court below
  4. › Decision as to costs
  5. › Setting aside costs order where basis of order changed on appeal

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