The court may make an order for security for costs under rule 24.2 against a claimant only if it is satisfied, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, that it is just to make such an order, and that-
----(a) the claimant is ordinarily resident out of the jurisdiction;
----(b) the claimant is an external company and there is reason to believe that the claimant will be unable to pay the defendant's costs if ordered to do so;
----(c) the claimant-
--------(i) failed to give his address in the claim form;
--------(ii) gave an incorrect address in the claim form; or
--------(iii) has changed his address since the claim was commenced, with a view to evading the consequences of the litigation;
----(d) the claimant is acting as a nominal claimant, other than as a representative claimant under Part 21 and there is reason to believe that he will be unable to pay the defendant's costs if ordered to do so;
----(e) the claimant is an assignee of the right to claim and the assignment has been made with a view to avoiding the possibility of a costs order against the assignor;
----(f) some person other than the claimant has contributed or agreed to contribute to the claimant's costs in return for a share of any money or property which the claimant may recover; or
----(g) the claimant has taken steps with a view to placing his assets beyond the jurisdiction of the court.
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