Interim payments

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An interim payment is a payment by a defendant to a claimant on account of the claimant’s monetary claim ahead of the final determination at trial. Interim payments can be made voluntarily, but if a defendant is unwilling to make an interim payment the court has the power in certain circumstances to make an interim payment order compelling the defendant to do so.

Guiding principles

The court’s power to make an interim payment order is discretionary, but there are certain conditions that must be satisfied before

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