Ontario Court of Appeal clarifies pre-judgment interest on personal injury cases
By Kris Bonn Law360 Canada (September 27, 2024, 10:57 AM EDT) — Ever since the Ontario Court of Appeal released MacLeod v. Marshall, 2019 ONCA 842, judges of the Superior Court have struggled with the pre-judgment interest rate for non-motor vehicle collision personal injury cases. Two recent decisions from the Court of Appeal put an end to any question that the presumptive pre-judgment interest rate for non-pecuniary damages is five per cent. The same panel of Justice Lois Roberts, Justice