A court acting under a reservation of further consideration in an order for interest on costs cannot retrospectively reduce or eliminate interest that has already accrued; the power is limited to prospective orders dealing with the future continuation of interest accrual. The common law rule that interest accrues from day to day is implicitly incorporated into such orders. Parties seeking to challenge evaluative findings on delay in costs assessment processes must identify specific error making the evaluation objectively wrong.
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