Date:

07/01/2010

PRACTICE NOTE SC Gen 16

Supreme Court – Pre-judgment interest rates
Commencement
1. This Practice Note was issued on 16 June 2010 and commences on 1 July 2010.

Application
2. This Practice note applies to new and existing civil proceedings in the Court.

Introduction
3. The purpose of this Practice Note is to set the rate of pre-judgment interest that may be awarded under s.100(1) and (2) of the Civil Procedure Act 2005.

Calculating pre-judgment interest
4. Section 100 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 provides for the making of orders for the inclusion of interest in judgments.

5. Practitioners and litigants should expect that where, pursuant to s 100 (1) and (2) of the Civil Procedure Act 2005, interest in respect of a pre-judgment period is to be included in a judgment, the Court will have regard to the following rates, being rates agreed upon by the Discount and Interest Rate Harmonisation Committee established following a referral by the Council of Chief Justices:
(a) in respect of the period from 1 January to 30 June in any year – the rate that is 4% above the cash rate last published by the Reserve Bank of Australia before that period commenced, and
(b) in respect of the period from 1 July to 31 December in any year – the rate that is 4% above the cash rate last published by the Reserve Bank of Australia before that period commenced.





J J Spigelman AC
Chief Justice of New South Wales
16 June 2010

Related information

Civil Procedure Act 2005

This Practice Note was issued on 16 June 2010 and commenced on 1 July 2010.