Stead v The ship Ocean Quest of Arne - [1995] 3 NZLR 415

Practice and procedure — Costs — Consent order for security for costs — Whether sum agreed and fixed should be increased after claim increased upon filing of amended pleadings — Whether Court has jurisdiction to revoke or vary the order where no grounds exist to vitiate the contract on which order was based — Whether the contract contemplates variation of the order.

Admiralty — Proceedings — Security for costs — Action in rem, contract and unjust enrichment for master's wages and other services — Release from arrest on posting of bond — Consent order for security for costs — Whether sum agreed and fixed should be increased after claim increased upon filing of amended pleadings — Whether Court has jurisdiction to revoke or vary the order where no grounds exist to vitiate the contract on which order was based — Whether the contract contemplates variation of the order.