Once costs orders are authenticated, a court has no power to vary them to substitute indemnity costs for party-and-party costs, even where counsel inadvertently failed to raise Calderbank offers at the time of judgment. The Civil Procedure Act 2010 (Vic) does not broaden the inherent jurisdiction to permit such variation; rather, it reinforces the obligation on counsel to raise special costs applications at the time orders are made. Certificates relating to trial costs (e.g., two counsel, transcript) are supplemental orders that may be granted after authentication.
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