In self-represented appeals, the quantum of security for costs should be set at the lowest level necessary in the circumstances. The narrowing of appeal grounds (here, by dismissal of an application to adduce further evidence) is relevant both to whether security should be ordered and to the quantum. Impecuniosity remains a relevant ground for ordering security for costs on appeal, even though it is not a ground at trial.
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