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AI summary
The Constitutional Court considered whether interest on general damages for unlawful arrest and detention should run from the date of summons or from the date of judgment. It held that, on the facts before it, interest should run from the date of the trial court’s judgment to date of payment.
This may be relevant to matters about interest on unliquidated general damages and the interpretation of the Prescribed Rate of Interest Act.
Evidence from source
The question is whether interest on general damages for unlawful arrest and detention runs from date of service of summons, alternatively from date of judgment to date of payment.
Supports: plain_summary sentence 1
I therefore conclude that interest on general damages should run from date of judgment to the date of payment.
Supports: plain_summary sentence 2