DEFAULT INTERESEST CONTINUES TO ACCRUE DESPIDE SUSPENSION OF JUDICIAL ACTIVITIES AND PROCEEDULAR DEADLINES DURING THE SARS-CoV-2 PANDEMIC.
by GPD Law | Apr 09, 2026 | Alerts
The Plenary of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, resolved, in default interest liquidation 10/2024, that the suspension of judicial activities and procedural deadlines ordered during the health emergency caused by the SARS-CoV-pandemic does not suspend the accrual of default interest arising from the breach of contractual obligations.
The Plenary’s reasoned that default interest constitutes a substantive legal consequence of the debtor’s breach. As such, its accrual does not depend on the running of procedural deadlines or on the activity of judicial authorities, but rather on the debtor’s delay in fulfilling the principal obligation.
Accordingly, the suspension of procedural deadlines ordered due to extraordinary circumstances does not release the debtor from the obligation to pay default interest, which will continue to accrue until the underlying obligation is satisfied.
This precedent was published on Friday, March 27, 2026, in the Federal Judicial Weekly under digital registration number 2031967.
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José Alberto
Domínguez Téllez
Dispute Resolution
Partner
Mauricio de Jesús
Soto Rodríguez
Dispute Resolution
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José Alberto
Domínguez Téllez
Dispute Resolution
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Mauricio de Jesús
Soto Rodríguez
Dispute Resolution
Jr. Associate
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