Court Of Appeal: Important Security For Costs Decision

In The Allied Trust and Allied Development Partners Ltd v Attorney General and Minister for Home Affairs [2015] SC Civ (Bda) 61, dated 24 August 2015, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bermuda ruled in favour of our client, the Minister of Home Affairs, and struck out a constitutional claim made by the Allied Trust and Allied Development Partners Limited (the "Applicants") in relation to the voiding of the Waterfront agreements. Following a Notice of Motion for Leave to Appeal filed in September 2015, the Applicants were granted leave to appeal by the Chief Justice on 20 November 2015.

In preparation for the appeal, which was due to take place in the upcoming summer session before the Court of Appeal, the parties attended before Acting Registrar Peter Miller on 4 February 2016 to settle the record and obtain various directions leading to the appeal. At that hearing, we made an application on behalf of our client for security for costs for the appeal. The