Where an applicant seeks to restrain a respondent from calling on a bank guarantee pending appeal, the relevant status quo is the position that no demand has been made, not the position as declared by the primary judge. Where the applicant offers adequate security for the respondent's loss of interest during the delay and the bank guarantee has no expiry date, the balance of convenience will favour the grant of an injunction to preserve the utility of the appeal.
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