Where an appeal in family provision proceedings succeeds on a point not clearly notified to the unsuccessful claimant before trial, the court may order the unsuccessful claimant's costs below be paid from the estate on a party-party basis. However, this is a highly fact-specific result and Young CJ in Eq expressly cautioned against relying on it as precedent.
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