The District Court retains power under s 67 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) to stay proceedings brought by individual plaintiffs pending provision of security for costs, following the approach in Philips Electronics v Matthews. A claim of apprehended bias based on a prior professional relationship with the judge will not succeed where the party fails to provide sufficient detail to substantiate the claim and the judge has no recollection of the relationship.
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