Where a successful appellant fails on the dominant issue but succeeds on a related issue that required close attention to the same factual matters, the ordinary rule that costs follow the event will not be departed from if the issues are not clearly severable and the successful issue required engagement with the same material. However, inefficient conduct of an appeal, particularly in the preparation of appeal books, may result in exclusion of those costs from the costs order.
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