The test for a stay of proceedings pending an interlocutory appeal is one of necessity, not merely a balance of convenience. The outcome likely if there is no stay must be so adverse and severe that the attainment of justice requires interlocutory intervention, and it must be shown that the outcome will be so difficult to remedy or so adversely severe in its impact that intervention should take place notwithstanding the absence of full consideration. Disciplinary tribunal proceedings involve public interests that weigh against stays.
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