Procedure - Costs - General rule - Costs follow the event - Costs of issues - Exercise of the discretion - What is the main event - Undesirable to award costs on separate issues unless good reason to do so.
Cox v Crooks (No 2) [2000] TASSC 3; Burnie Port Corporation Pty Ltd v Bank of Western Australia Limited & Anor [2003] TASSC 132, followed.
