The general principle that courts will protect insured appellants against the risk of non-recovery from impecunious plaintiffs applies by analogy where the respondent is not impecunious but enforcement against the respondent's assets (such as jointly-held property) may involve difficulty or delay. A stay may be granted on conditions including a carve-out permitting payment of outstanding legal costs to the respondent's legal representatives, subject to undertakings for repayment if the appeal succeeds.
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