— "At the hearing a number of separate issues were before the court namely: (i) the capacity of AB to litigate and the appointment of the Official Solicitor to act as his litigation friend; (ii) Tendring's application to discontinue against AB; (iii) Tendring's application for an order retrospectively regularising all steps taken in the appeal in respect of AB prior to the Official Solicitor's appointment; (iv) in the event that AB continued in the proceedings, an order for costs protection."
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