Where a cross-claim for indemnity reflects an issue private to the cross-claimant and cross-respondent, an unsuccessful applicant in the principal proceedings will not necessarily be ordered to pay the cross-respondent's costs of appearing on a separate question concerning the respondent's liability, particularly where that appearance involved double representation on an issue where interests were aligned.
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