Chuku v Chuku: ChD 17 Mar 2017

Newey J held that: ‘i) A person with a significant interest in the outcome of a claim will rarely, if ever, be considered a ‘nominal claimant’ within CPR 25.13(2)(f);
ii) A personal interest is not, however, essential. While a trustee, executor or personal representative will not be a ‘representative claimant under Part 19’ merely because CPR 19.7A is in point, he still will not ordinarily be a ‘nominal claimant’, regardless of whether he is also a beneficiary;
iii) At least typically, there ‘must be some element of deliberate duplicity or window-dressing’ for a person to be a ‘nominal claimant”.

Newey J
[2017] EWHC 541 (Ch), [2017] 1 WLR 3137, [2017] WLR(D) 197
Bailii, WLRD
England and Wales
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Updated: 17 January 2022; Ref: scu.581326