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Lex causae and lex fori

While the existence of a legal right to claim interest was properly to be classified as a substantive matter to be determined by reference to the lex causae, an award of interest under section 35A of the Senior Courts Act 1981, as inserted, was a remedy governed by the lex fori.

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