In Taylor v Khodabakhsh and others [2021] EWHC 655 (Ch), the Court considered novel issues regarding the treatment of costs paid under a court order allegedly procured by fraud. The applicant relied on well-established equitable principles including that, when property is obtained by fraud, equity will intervene to impose a constructive trust in favour of the victim. The Court concluded that those principles did not apply to funds paid pursuant to a court order: on payment, both legal and beneficial ownership transferred to the recipient, such that no constructive trust would arise. Read the article in full here.