The Court ordered that the unsuccessful applicants on competing interlocutory applications pay the successful respondent's costs of those applications, with costs running from the date the applications were foreshadowed to the Court rather than the date of filing. The Court declined to determine costs of the proceedings as a whole prior to final disposition, noting the possibility of differential outcomes on remaining claims that could require apportionment. The Court also deferred any order for executor's indemnity from the estate on an indemnity basis, holding that beneficiaries (whose identity remained uncertain pending separate probate proceedings) should have the opportunity to be heard before such an order is made.
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