JUDGMENT

Gopal Sri Ram JCA delivering JUDGMENT:

[1] This is the judgment of the court.

[2] An order directing security for costs is a discretionary order. The general principle upon which this court acts in appeals against such orders is that it will not interfere unless it is demonstrated that the primary judge had taken into account irrelevant considerations or failed to take into account relevant considerations or asked himself or herself the wrong question or misdirected himself or herself in law. The initial jurisdiction of this court is therefore one of review only. Once reasons for the exercise of discretion are given, this court is most reluctant to interfere with the decision of the judge at first instance. But this is a case where no reason has been given, so the matter is at large before us.