An unexplained delay of approximately five months in filing an appeal, particularly where the inference is that the applicant was prompted to act only by service of a bankruptcy notice, will result in refusal of an extension of time unless demonstrably necessary to prevent an injustice. A party who fails to raise impecuniosity before the primary judge when given the opportunity to address a proposed security condition cannot rely on that impecuniosity as a ground of appeal.
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