The Court of Appeal held it lacked jurisdiction to stay the Magistrates Court order because UCPR r 761(2) only empowers the Court to stay enforcement of the decision subject to appeal — here, the District Court decision — and the applicant had not sought a stay of that decision. The Court observed that a stay of any warrant issued in the Magistrates Court may be available under UCPR r 819(1), but must be sought in the Magistrates Court itself.
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