<P> Another well - established principle is that, because the making of an order of costs involves the exercise of a judicial discretion, a court of appeal will not readily interfere with an order of costs made by the court of first instance . </P> <P> In Attorney - General, Eastern Cape v Blom, it was held that the power of interference on appeal is limited to cases </P> <Ul> <Li> of vitiation by misdirection or irregularity; or </Li> <Li> marked by the absence of grounds on which a court, acting reasonably, could have made the order in question . </Li> </Ul> <Li> of vitiation by misdirection or irregularity; or </Li>

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