Alpha Print v Alphagraphics [1989] JLR 152 (06 April 1989)

Alpha Print v Alphagraphics [1989] JLR 152 (06 April 1989)

An interlocutory injunction should not be discharged if the beneficiary demonstrates a serious question to be tried, damages at trial would be inadequate, and the balance of convenience favours maintaining the injunction.

Citation
[1989] JLR 152
Parties
Applicant: Alpha Print; Respondent: Alphagraphics
Jurisdiction
Jersey
Judgment Date
06 April 1989
Procedural Posture
Injunction / Interlocutory
Outcome
injunction not discharged
Legal Topics
Interlocutory Injunction, Discharge of Injunction, Balance of Convenience
Civil Procedure Interlocutory Injunction Discharge of Injunction Balance of Convenience

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Parties

Alpha Print

Applicant

Alphagraphics

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Injunction / Interlocutory

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether interlocutory injunction should be discharged when the beneficiary demonstrates a serious question to be tried, inadequacy of damages as a remedy, and balance of convenience

Ratio Decidendi

An interlocutory injunction should not be discharged if the beneficiary demonstrates a serious question to be tried, damages at trial would be inadequate, and the balance of convenience favours maintaining the injunction.

Court Disposition

injunction not discharged