An interlocutory injunction is a court order to compel or prevent a party from doing certain acts pending the final determination of the case.
[1] In Australia, the High Court in ABC v Lenah Game Meats[2] stated that the purpose of the interlocutory injunction is to preserve identifiable legal or equitable rights.
In another Australian High Court decision, Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd v South Australia,[4] Mason CJ outlined another requirement for establishing an interlocutory injunction.
[5][6] The Federal Court of Canada has of recent years been reluctant to grant interlocutory injunctions, having set a high bar for the evidence of irreparable harm.
Abdoolcader J. noted that in Malaysia "an interim or interlocutory mandatory injunction is never granted before trial save in exceptional and extremely rare cases".