A party seeking an interim injunction to restrain the opposing party's solicitors from acting pending an imminent leave to appeal hearing will face significant difficulty on the balance of convenience, particularly where the trial judge has already ruled against the restraint application. The respondents' prima facie entitlement to the benefit of the ruling below, combined with the disruption and cost of changing legal representation at short notice, will ordinarily weigh against the grant of interim relief.
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