High Court, in the context of judicial review proceedings seeking orders of certiorari quashing the respondent's orders directing that the applicant should recover one third of his costs of appearing before the Moriarty tribunal, orders discovery of legal costs orders and rulings relating to two former prominent parties to the Moriarty tribunal.
Judicial review - discovery application - certiorari - application to quash respondent's order directing that the applicant should recover one third of his legal costs of appearing before Moriarty tribunal - declaratory reliefs - alleged discrimination by respondent in dealing with applications for costs relating to third parties - application for all costs orders of tribunal, in addition to any communications between tribunal and persons before it regarding applications for costs - all documents between witnesses and the tribunal relating to provision of further evidence - all documents relating to interim arrangement between tribunal and government departments to defray or discharge costs of parties to tribunal - applicant appeared before tribunal from 1997 to 2013 - no adjudication on applications for costs on an interim basis - notification from tribunal to applicant of instances of failure to cooperate or provide assistance to tribunal - respondent directed applicants costs to be recovered on a one third basis - party and party costs - principles on discovery applications in civil matters - relevant and necessary - allegation of unequal treatment - discovery of third party costs orders made - discovery of communications unnecessary - discovery of further evidence unnecessary for a fair trial - disproportionate and costly - discovery of engagement with governmental departments on costs issue irrelevant.