Where multiple related proceedings involve extensive overlap in factual and legal issues, the court may require consolidated pleadings across separate proceedings as a hybrid alternative to formal consolidation, even where formal consolidation is premature due to complications such as divided liquidator responsibilities and third-party funding undertakings. A plaintiff should not be permitted to prosecute claims against the same defendants in multiple separate proceedings by treating claims in one proceeding as alternatives to claims in another, absent compelling reason.
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