LEGAL NOTES
The cost of frivolous
debt review applications
In the past, courts have been reluctant to grant orders for costs against
statutory functionaries, for example debt counsellors, as a result of the belief
that such orders would dissuade public functionaries from carrying out their
statutory functions effectively, and have an adverse effect on the public
interest. However, case law has developed over the years and in appropriate
cases, such an order can be made, as seen i