Eco-Pact Pty Ltd v The Law Society of NSW

• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Security for costs
  3. › Review of decision of single judge of appeal
  4. › Review under s 46(4) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW)
  5. › Whether error in exercise of discretion
  6. › Consideration of public importance
  7. › Prospects of appeal
  8. › Stultification
  9. › Model litigant obligations
  10. › Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 46(4)
  11. › Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 42.21
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Security for costs
  3. › Prospects of success on appeal
  4. › Whether court should assess strength of appeal beyond reasonable arguability on security for costs application
  5. › Whether detailed assessment of merits appropriate at interlocutory stage
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Security for costs
  3. › Stultification
  4. › Whether order for security stultifies appeal
  5. › Dissipation of funds by sole director
  6. › Capacity of relatives and solicitors to fund proceedings
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Security for costs
  3. › Model litigant obligations
  4. › Whether model litigant obligations preclude seeking security for costs
  5. › Statutory body administering Fidelity Fund

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