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operate as a stay of the proceedings to which the application relates until thedetermination of the application or until the court otherwise orders, (b) if anyother relief is sought, the court may at any time grant in the proceedings suchinterim relief as could be granted in an action begun by write.So far as respondents other than ministers are concerned, the provisions of Or53, r 3(10)(b) have always been treated as giving the court jurisdiction to grant.this is conformed to be the position by the decision of the court ofAppeal in R v Kenstangion1 All ER 1202, (1989) QB 518. The power of the court to grant interim injunctionsis linked to the power of the court to grant final injunctions. If the court has thepower to grant a final injunction against a minister it must surely have the powerto grant an interim injunction and vice versa. This is confirmed by s 37(1) of the1981 Act , which provides:The High Court may be order (Whether interlocutory of final) grant an injunction in all cases which it appears to the court to be just and convenient to do so.As to the technical point referred to by Lord Bridge, Ord 53, r 3(10) is similarlylinked to Ord 53, r 1 (2) and the almost identically worded provisions of s 31 (2) .While it is correct that an application for judicial review cannot be made untilleave is granted, this does not mean that s 31 (2) restricts the court’s jurisdictionto grant interim or final injunctions until after leave has been given and this hasbeen followed by lodging the formal application with the court. This would be594

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