An application for a stay of ongoing proceedings pending an interlocutory appeal against refusal of an adjournment requires the applicant to meet a high threshold: the likely outcome of proceeding must be so adverse and severe that the attainment of justice requires interlocutory intervention. Where the applicant retains a right of appeal from the final decision, the absence of irreparable harm will ordinarily be fatal to the stay application. Granting a stay that is tantamount to upholding the appeal will not be ordered where reasonable prospects have not been shown.
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