Interest under s 58 of the Supreme Court Act 1986 (Vic) is to be calculated on the full pre-tax judgment sum, not on a post-tax amount after deduction of any tax liability payable to the ATO. Delay caused by a defendant's own investigation of the plaintiff's conduct, the plaintiff's receipt of income from alternate sources, the plaintiff's breach of discovery obligations, and the plaintiff's maintenance of unmeritorious defences do not constitute 'good cause to the contrary' for the purposes of s 58.
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