86Judgment – powers of Court

### 86 Judgment – powers of Court > *\[Section 86 Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 60, s. 2 \]**\[Section 86 Amended by No. 68 of 1994, s. 3 and Sched. 1 \]*[*\[Section 86 Repealed by No. 54 of 2000, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Dec 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-12-01/act-2000-054#JS4@Ja14@GC5@EN) > > > (1)  The Court, in determining a matter in representative proceedings, may do any one or more of the following: > > > > > > (a) determine a question of law; > > > > > > > (b) determine a question of fact; > > > > > > > (c) make a declaration of liability; > > > > > > > (d) grant any equitable relief; > > > > > > > (e) make an award of damages for group members, sub-group members or individual group members, being damages consisting of specified amounts or amounts calculated in such manner as the Court specifies; > > > > > > > (f) make an award of damages in an aggregate amount without specifying amounts awarded in respect of individual group members. > > > (2)  In making an award of damages, the Court must make provision for the payment or distribution of the money to the group members entitled. > > > (3)  Subject to [section 82](#GS82@EN) , the Court is not to make an award of damages under [subsection (1)(f)](#GS86@Gs1@Hpf@EN) unless a reasonably accurate assessment can be made of the total amount to which group members will be entitled under the judgment. > > > (4)  If the Court has made an award of damages, the Court may give such directions (if any) as it thinks just in relation to – > > > > > > (a) the manner in which a group member is to establish the member’s entitlement to share in the damages; and > > > > > > > (b) the manner in which any dispute regarding the entitlement of a group member to share in the damages is to be determined. > > > (5)  A judgment given in representative proceedings is to describe or otherwise identify the group members who will be affected by it.