Catchwords:

COSTS — Party/Party — Exceptions to general rule that costs follow the event — Offers of compromise/Calderbank offers — Where offer of compromise not served until after office hours on Friday before hearing and open for acceptance only until an hour before commencement of hearing

COSTS — Party/Party — General rule that costs follow the event — Application of the rule and discretion — Costs of proceedings below — Where appellant successful on appeal — Where issue on appeal “separable” and “dominant” — Where respondent substantially successful on factual issues below — Where costs of issues on which respondent succeeded below would vastly have exceeded costs on issues on which it failed