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(1) If judgments are obtained in respect of the same damage in separate actions against concurrent wrongdoers the sums recoverable under the judgments by way of damages shall not exceed in the aggregate the amount of damages awarded by the judgment first given.

(2) In this section the reference to "judgment first given" shall in a case where that judgment is reversed on appeal, be construed as a reference to the judgment first given which is not so reversed and, in a case where a judgment is varied on appeal, be construed as a reference to that judgment as so varied.

(3) The plaintiff shall not be entitled to costs in any of the actions other than in the action in which judgment is first given unless the court is of opinion that there was reasonable ground for bringing the action as a separate action.