across the bar

State needs to cough up within 30days

by Steve - Posted 19 November 2009

The government has said that all current and future judgments against it would be settled within 30 days.  This follows the constitutional court ruling last month that confirmed that moveable assets belonging to the state could be attached in execution of a judgment against it. 

In the past, the only leverage you had to get an unpaid judgment paid by the state was to charge interest. But this wasn't really a major deterent. The 30 day promise is great news for litigants if the government can deliver on it.