The Court of Appeal granted a partial stay of orders requiring Keybridge to transfer approximately $210,839 and €80,027 to a solicitor's trust account (order 3), but refused to stay orders requiring ongoing payment of the respondent's legal costs as incurred for upcoming proceedings (order 5) or the costs order for the proceedings below (order 7). The Court held that where a respondent lacks available funds to repay sums if an appeal succeeds, and where freezing orders further impede repayment, the balance of convenience favours a stay of lump-sum payment orders, but not of ongoing cost-advance orders where staying them would prejudice the respondent's ability to obtain representation for an imminent hearing. The appeal was expedited and listed for hearing nine days after the stay application.
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