The WLR Daily case summaries
[2023] WLR(D) 91
King’s Bench Division
Rex (Ullah) v National Crime Agency
[2023] EWHC 371 (Admin)
2022 Dec 14; 2023 Feb 22
Chamberlain J
Costs— Protective costs order— Closed material procedure— Claimant seeking judicial review challenging refusal of National Crime Agency to permit transfer to him of settlement sum agreed in civil proceedings against UK Government— Agency intending to rely on closed material in judicial review proceedings— Whether protective costs order to be made in favour of claimant— Whether statutory requirements for cost-capping orders in judicial review proceedings applying—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), ss 3, 4, Sch 1, Pt I, art 6
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Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c 2), ss 88–90