Read the full judgment text of HCA 002007/2006 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 27 October 2006.
1. I have before me an application made on behalf of the defendant for security for costs. There is no question that the plaintiff is an overseas company and so is amenable to this sort of order, and that is accepted on the plaintiff’s behalf by Mr Hill. So now the only real issue is the amount of security that should be ordered. The gross skeleton bill prepared in support of the application, as adjusted, comes to $683,900. I accept what Mr Scott S.C. says on behalf of the defendant, that th