Where an appeal is not directly about the appellant's liberty but is a step removed from contempt proceedings that could result in imprisonment, the liberty factor carries less weight in the security for costs analysis than where the appeal is directly against a committal order. The public importance factor in security for costs applications loses relevance where there is no evidence that ordering security would stifle the appeal.
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