Where an appellate court reverses key findings that formed the basis of a trial judge's departure from the usual costs rule, the appellate court may exercise the costs discretion afresh. Separate representation of parties with similar interests may be justified where one party is the contracting counterparty to the other, claims of privilege are made over shared information, and different grounds are raised on appeal.
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