When assessing interlocutory injunctions to restrain the exercise of contractual rights (such as issuing notices of default, suspension or termination), the court must assess the practical effect of the injunctions sought by reference to the actual consequences likely to flow from a refusal, not theoretical worst-case scenarios. The court will not grant broad injunctions to oversee an ongoing contractual relationship where no practical consequences are likely to flow before trial. Conditions requiring interim payments as the price of an injunction will not be imposed where there is no reliable evidentiary basis for the amount.
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