The Court of Appeal ordered each party to bear its own costs at first instance and the respondent Co-operative to pay two-thirds of the appellant's costs of the appeal, reflecting the fact that while the appellant succeeded overall, he failed on many discrete issues that consumed significant time. The reduction in costs recovery illustrates the court's willingness to make issue-based costs adjustments where a successful party raised numerous unsuccessful arguments that increased the opposing party's costs.
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