21 Jun 2000
The application was dismissed because there was no error in expressing the court's manifest intention and the slip rule cannot be used to insert a certificate not originally sought; the taxing master should not be bypassed and the court will not exercise its unusual jurisdiction to direct the taxing master in this case.
11 Mar 1997
Plaintiff took reasonable and adequate steps to notify and serve; service on registered office was valid; the draft bill of costs justifiably supports the security amount; no evidence justified acceptance of a guarantee by an associated company; therefore the original order for security for costs is appropriate and the defendant's summons to set aside is dismissed.
16 Oct 1986
The Court held the Order of 15 September 1986 must be set aside because Jones J., having previously disqualified himself in related proceedings involving the same litigant for reasons of personal friendship, should have recused himself from making contested procedural directions; a reasonable and fair‑minded person would have had a reasonable suspicion that a fair hearing was not possible, and the disputed timing for filing affidavits was sufficiently controversial to require remittal to another judge.