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<p>Though some final costs from Counsel on the recently concluded Court of Appeal
hearing are yet to be received, the costs of domestic litigation to date is £325,444.42.
We understand the litigant, Mr. Olivier Bancoult, has also been in receipt of legal
aid. HM Government has been successful in defending all such litigation, and has therefore
been awarded full costs in the Divisional Court, and half of our costs in the Court
of Appeal, though these are still subject to assessment.</p><p>In respect of the recently
concluded challenge by Mauritius in an arbitration under the UN Convention on the
Law of the Sea, various costs matters are still ongoing.</p>
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