Lukac v Kassis (Final orders and costs)

[2026] NSWSC 173

Supreme Court of NSW

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Catchwords

1. COSTS — Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 42.34 — where plaintiffs each achieve a judgment against the defendants for less than $500,000 but the combined total exceeds this amount — where plaintiffs abandon a claim of fraudulent concealment at the commencement of the trial — HELD — defendants should pay the plaintiffs 90% of their costs

Quick Take

Where multiple plaintiffs sue together in the Supreme Court and their combined recovery exceeds $500,000 but individual judgments do not, the court may treat the substance of the matter as meeting the UCPR r 42.34 threshold, particularly where claims share a common factual substratum.

Case Details

Citation[2026] NSWSC 173

CourtNSWSC

JurisdictionNew South Wales

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