Read the full judgment text of HCA 005623/1986 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 1 February 1990.
1. Firstly, I must deal with the question of costs on the defendant's unsuccessful application for an order that the plaintiff give security for costs. I made an order nisi that the defendant pay the plaintiff's costs, but Mr Matheou submits that the order should be that the plaintiff should pay the defendant's costs, or, at least, the costs should lie where they fall. He says this because the plaintiff's solicitors did not respond to the notification that an application would be made and becaus