The case confirms that on a security for costs application in the Court of Appeal, the court will adopt a broad-brush assessment of the merits and will order security where there are low prospects of success, a significant risk the applicant will not meet a costs order, and no assertion that the order will stifle the appeal. The quantum of security is determined on a broad-brush basis and must be just and reasonable — not so low as to fail to provide real protection, nor so high as to be oppressive.
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