Read the full judgment text of DCCJ 006261/2002 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 24 January 2003.
2. There is no dispute that the plaintiff is ordinarily resident out of the jurisdiction. The order for security for costs against a foreign plaintiff is discretionary and may be made if, having regard to all the circumstances of the case the court thinks it is just to do so. Formerly it was regarded as pretty much inevitable that a foreign plaintiff would be ordered to give security but that is not presently the case; Lauria v Le Salon Orient (Hong Kong) Ltd. & Anor. [1996] 2 HKLR 37. The merit