Roohizadegan v TechnologyOne Limited (No 4) [2020] FCA 1729

Federal Court of Australia

Roohizadegan v TechnologyOne Limited (No 4) [2020] FCA 1729 File number: VID 996 of 2016

Judgment of: KERR J

Date of judgment: 30 November 2020

Catchwords: DAMAGES – pre-judgment interest – where parties had agreed sum to be awarded if the Court found in favour of the Applicant in respect of his claim for breach of contract and communicated that agreement to the Court – extent to which agreed sum incorporated pre-judgment interest – where agreed sum not disaggregated in a manner as would permit the later calculation of pre-judgment interest – where Applicant had expressed no qualification or reservations with respect to the agreed sum – pre-judgment interest awarded in the quantum proposed by the Respondent

Cases cited: Roohizadegan v TechnologyOne Limited (No 2) [2020] FCA 1407

Division: General Division

Registry: Victoria

National Practice Area: Employment and Industrial Relations

Number of paragraphs: 16

Date of last submissions: 20 November 2020

Date of hearing: Determined on the papers

Counsel for the Applicant: Mr J Tracey and Mr R Minson

Solicitor for the Applicant: Harmers Workplace Lawyers

Counsel for the Respondents: Mr S Wood QC, Mr B Jellis and Mr P Jeffreys

Solicitor for the Respondents: Cooper Grace Ward

ORDERS VID 996 of 2016

BETWEEN: BENHAM ROOHIZADEGAN Applicant

AND: TECHNOLOGYONE LIMITED First Respondent

ADRIAN DI MARCO Second Respondent

order made by: KERR J DATE OF ORDER: 30 November 2020

THE COURT ORDERS THAT:

1. The Applicant be awarded $35,370.90 in pre-judgment interest on his award for forgone share options. 2. The Applicant be awarded $68,862.09 in pre-judgment interest on his damages for breach of contract. Note: Entry of orders is dealt with in Rule 39.32 of the Federal Court Rules 2011.