So let's give Mr Justice Coulson an eight per cent over base increment in his salary for venturing into the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 (LPCD (I) A 1998) in Ruttle Plant Hire Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2008] EWHC 730 (TCC), [2008] All ER (D) 191 (Apr) which involved the determination of 17 issues in the second
round of preliminary issues in the case.