2% is the rate of interest payable on judgment debts since 1 January 2017.
If you have standard commercial contracts that cross refer to the Courts Act rate of interest you should review them and amend them to provide expressly that a rate of 8% is to apply for interest otherwise the interest rate will now be automatically reduced to 2%.
Any existing contracts can only be varied and amended in accordance with their terms.
Please get in touch if you require us to review your existing contracts.
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