The Queensland Court of Appeal ordered security for costs of $5,500 against an impecunious appellant in a personal injury appeal, reducing the amount sought from $10,920 by excluding the costs of the application and adjusting for doubt whether senior counsel fees would be allowed on assessment. The Court noted that while impecuniosity caused by the subject accident may carry weight at first instance, it has diminished significance at the appellate level, particularly where the trial judgment disclosed no apparent error encouraging a favourable approach to the appellant.
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