Where an appeal primarily challenges findings of fact based on credibility assessments, the prospects of success are limited, which is a powerful factor favouring an order for security for costs. An appellant's allegation that impecuniosity was caused by the respondent's conduct carries little weight where the loss was not proved at trial. Security for costs is not an indemnity and should be discounted from estimated party-party costs.
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