Confirms that self-represented litigants bear the same costs risks as represented parties, and that allegations of fraud in underlying proceedings and claimed public interest do not constitute exceptional circumstances warranting departure from the usual costs order on an interlocutory application for leave to proceed against a company in liquidation. Practitioners acting for liquidators can seek gross sum costs orders on discrete applications, with a 60% recovery of actual costs accepted as an appropriate discount.
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