Where an appellant succeeds on the principal grounds of appeal (here, overturning a finding of fraud) but fails on subsidiary grounds that were relatively confined and reasonably arguable, the general rule that costs follow the event applies and the successful appellant is entitled to the whole of their costs without apportionment. An appellate court will not set aside a costs order of the trial judge that was not itself the subject of the application for leave to appeal.
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