The principle that failure to cooperate in the efficient disposal of proceedings may attract indemnity costs (FAI v Burns) does not apply, at least at the present stage of development, to proceedings involving beneficiaries under a testamentary trust. Where there is a sufficient risk that a party will delay cost assessment, interest on costs may be ordered to run from the date of the costs order rather than from the date of assessment.
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