Pre-judgment interest under s 100(1)(b) of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) runs from the date the cause of action arose, not from the date of demand. A party is not bound by an erroneous date for interest stated in its pleadings where the error is explained, the trial was not conducted on that basis, and the opposing party is unlikely to have relied on it.
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