Pre-Judgement Interest
PJI is generally allowed on compensatory damages. The Ontario Court of Appeal in Impact Interiors (1998) set aside the Divisional Court decision denying PJI and restored the award of the Board of Inquiry allowing for same. 1
Interest has occasionally been set to run from the date of the filing of the application. 2It would appear that the correct approach is to start the interest clock on the date on which the cause of action arose.3
Interest is routinely awarded on lost wage claims from the date on which the payment was due. 4 To simplify the arithmetic, it may be adjusted from the mid-point.5