The Court made consequential orders following its principal judgment declaring an equitable charge over property arising from a residential building contract, appointing a receiver for sale of the property without security. On costs, the Court declined indemnity costs and declined to award costs to the second plaintiff, instead ordering the first and second defendants to pay 70% of the first plaintiff's costs on the ordinary basis, taking a broad-brush approach reflecting the first plaintiff's substantial but incomplete success and the need for multiple hearings partly attributable to the plaintiffs' own position. A stay pending appeal was granted on strict terms requiring prompt filing in the Court of Appeal, notwithstanding the defendants' non-appearance, given the plaintiffs' non-opposition.
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