Success on a discrete cause of action or issue is a factor the court may take into account in exercising its costs discretion, but does not create an entitlement to costs of that issue. Where proceedings are remitted and the overall result is unknown, the Court of Appeal will generally decline to make differential costs orders and will instead remit the question of costs to the trial judge at the rehearing.
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