19 Dec 2018
MONNERY v PARSONS [2018] NZHC 3414
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 3414
- Court
- High Court
Threshold under r 5.45 was met because plaintiffs were impecunious; balancing access to justice and defendants' costs protection, the Court found plaintiffs' claims had significant difficulties but were not hopeless, no evidence of third party funding, and the case could be managed to a 5–10 day trial; therefore a modest staged security order was just: $25,000 on setting down for trial and $25,000 three months before trial (total $50,000) with stay if unpaid.