The threshold test for security for costs under r 671(a) UCPR and s 1335 Corporations Act requires an assessment of the interrelationship between the plaintiff's likely expenditure, working capital and available assets projected to the time an adverse costs order would fall due — identifying risks associated with the plaintiff's financial affairs is insufficient to establish 'reason to believe'.
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