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\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 THE }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 SUPREME COURT OF FIJI
\par }{\b\caps\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 Civil Jurisdiction
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15733686 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 VIRENDRA SINGH}{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15733686\charrsid15733686 
\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15733686\charrsid15733686 s/o Arjun}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 
\par Singh
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15733686 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 and
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15733686 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15733686 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 JOHN TABAKITOA }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 alias JOHN TEAIWA
\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 Plaintiff
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15733686 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15733686\charrsid15733686 DECISION
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15733686 The defendant see}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 ks an order that the writ }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15733686 of}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 fieri facias issued by the plaintif}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15733686 f be withdrawn on the grounds se}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 t out in the affidavit of Feroze Shariff Late}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603 o}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 f filed in this action.

\par 
\par The action was for damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff in a collision between two vehicles on the 29th October, 1971.
\par 
\par On the 22nd day of }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 July, }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 1973 judgment by consent was entered for the plaintiff and an order wade in the following terms:

\par 
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\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 up for hearing on }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 the 22nd day of July 1973 before Mr. }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603 J}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 ustice Tuiva}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603 ga in Chambers and the said Mr. Justice Tuivaga,}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 
 having on the 22nd day of July 1973 ordered by consent judgment be entered for the }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603 Plaintiff for the sum of $2,500-00 and $}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 50}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603 -}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 00 costs.
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid10712603 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 It is further ordere}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603 d that the defendant to pay $50-}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 00 per month with effect from the 30th July, 1973 and in default of any payment the whole amount become due and payable.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603 "}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 
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\par Mr. Late}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603 o}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 f}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15733686 '}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 
s affidavit discloses that the defendant regularly paid the monthly instalments and has now paid off the whole judgment debt. No affidavit in reply to Mr. Lateof}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15733686 '}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 s affidavit }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603 wa}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 s }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 filed by or on behalf of the plaintiff.
\par 
\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603 Mr. Lateof'}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 s }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 
affidavit also discloses that the plaintiff is insisting on payment of interest on the judgment debt and has issued a writ of fieri facias and has refused to withdraw the writ.
\par 
\par A writ of fieri f}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603 a}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 
cias was issued on the 20th October, 1977, seeking to levy the sum of $314.92 interest thereon and costs of execution. It is not known how this sum is arrived at but the evidence before me indicates it is interest claimed on the judgment debt.
\par 
\par Mr. Lateof relies on the case of }{\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 Clauderg v.}{\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603 Finne}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 rty (1892) 66 L.T. 684 referred to in the White Book}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 in the notes }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603 to O}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 rder 42 R.1 at page 536. The name of the plaintiff in the case referred to in the White Book is incorrect and should be }{
\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid10712603 Caudery}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 .
\par 
\par This case is authority for the proposition that interest is not payable on the instalments due under a consent order for payment of a judgment debt which have been regularly paid.
\par 
\par In }{\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid10712603 Caudery}{\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15733686\charrsid10712603 '}{\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid10712603 s}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686  case judgment by consent was entered for \'a31250 and costs to be p}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603 aid by eight equal half yearly p}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 ayments. It was provided that execution should not issue if the payments were regularly kept up}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 
but that on default the plaintiff might issue execution for the whole amount remaining unpaid. The defendant made regular payments and paid the whole sum but the plaintiff claimed interest on the various instalments and proposed to issue e
xecution for the interest.
\par 
\par It was held that under the circumstances the instalments having all been regularly paid no interest could be claimed.
\par 
\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603 Mathew J. c}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 rit}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603 ically examined the terms of th}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 e consent order in that case and said in his judgment:
\par 
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no trace of any intention either express or implied that such a liability (for interest) should be cast upon the defendant.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15733686 "}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 
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\par Collins J. in a concurring judgment said:
\par 
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In substance this was an action for unliquidated damages and the parties agreed, by way of a compromise, on a fair sum to be paid by eight equal half}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603 -}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 yearly instalments. Prima facie, in my opinion, that agreement includes any liability for interest, }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 ...}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15733686 "}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 While the order made in the instant action is not as extensive as the order made in }{\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid10712603 Caudery}{
\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15733686\charrsid10712603 '}{\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid10712603 s}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 
 case it is clear that the plaintiff could not issue execution while the defendant duly complied with the consent order.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 
Mr. Ramrakha relies on Order 44 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 Rule, 18 but }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 this order clearly has no }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 application }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 to }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 the }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 facts of this case}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603 .}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686  The plaintiff}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15733686 '}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 s action was for damages not for debt.
\par 
\par It was }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 open }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 
to the parties who were represented by counsel when settlement was discussed to agree on interest on the judgment debt. The agreement which was reached and emb
odied in the consent order was for payment of $2500 by stated instalments and no mention was made of interest.
\par 
\par The comments of }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 Collins J. in }{\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid10712603 Caudery}{\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15733686\charrsid10712603 '}{
\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid10712603 s}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686  case portion of which I have quoted above are apposite. I hold that the defendant having duly complied w
ith the terms of the consent order interest is not payable by the defendant and the plaintiff is not entitled to levy execution for interest on the judgment debt.
\par 
\par I further order that the writ of fieri facias issued by the plaintiff be revoked.
\par 
\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603 The def}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 endant is entitled to the costs of this}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 application to be taxed if not agreed and I so order.
\par 
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\par JUDGE
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10712603 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10712603\charrsid15733686 Suva,
\par 7th February, 1978.
\par }}