The Beach Petroleum threshold test under s 1335 of the Corporations Act is satisfied where a corporate appellant is a two-dollar company with limited cash reserves and uncertain receivables, operating on a break-even basis, such that the combined costs of the appeal and first instance proceedings are likely to exceed readily realisable assets. Security may be ordered on a staged basis at a percentage of estimated party/party costs.
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