Construction Thursday, 26 March 2015 View in browser

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Police & Community Youth Clubs NSW Ltd v Refurb Interiors Pty Ltd (in liq) (NSWCA) - claim for debt owed under building contract - security for costs refused - application for leave to appeal dismissed
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Police & Community Youth Clubs NSW Ltd v Refurb Interiors Pty Ltd (in liq) [2015] NSWCA 67
Court of Appeal of New South Wales
Macfarlan & Leeming JJA; Sackville AJA
Security for costs - appellant sought to appeal against primary judge’s rejection of its application for security for cost in proceeding in which respondent sued it for a debt alleged owed under a building contract - primary judge dismissed application on ground that an order for security would stultify the litigation - held: no error of principle or unreasonable exercise of primary judge’s discretion - open to primary judge to take view that order for provision of security should not be made before liquidators had been given full opportunity to explore funding opportunities - application for leave to appeal dismissed.
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