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{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid11883108 IN THE HIGH COURT OF FIJI \par AT LAUTOKA \par CIVIL JURISDICTION \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11883108 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid11883108 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11883108 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid11883108 CIVIL ACTION NO. }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458\charrsid11883108 HBC0}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid11883108 019 OF 2004L \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11883108 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid11883108 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11883108 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}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid11883108 Mr. Kitione Vuataki \par Counsel for the Defendant:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458\charrsid11883108 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid11883108 Mr G.P. Shankar \par \par Date of Hearing & Judgment:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458\charrsid11883108 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid11883108 11 February 2004}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458\charrsid11883108 \par \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11883108 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid11883108 EXTEMPORE RULING ON APPLICATION FOR STAY \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4984458 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid11883108 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 In this matter upon a judgment being delivered with respect to a summons to set aside orders made on a Notice of Motion, Counsel for the defendant sought a stay of Orders (2) and (3), that is, the Injunctive Orders made by the Court. \par \par In making the application Counsel for the defendant relied upon }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 Tuck v.}{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458 }{ \b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 Seven Counties Deposit Bank (1989) 42 Chancery Division pp. 471 \endash 478}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 for the principle let the application should if possible be made to the Court below at the time it gives judgment.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458 \par \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 In considering an application for stay, it is necessary to consider the likelihood or otherwise of the matter proceeding to appeal.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 The Orders made by the Court in this matter are interlocutory in nature and according leave to appeal will be required. \par \par Clearly then it is relevant to consider would leave be granted in the circumstances of this matter. \par \par I refer to the decision of the }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 Fiji Court of Appeal No. ABU0043 of 2001S}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 in the matter of }{ \b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 Mohammed Yakub Khan son of Rahemat Ali Khan, Mohammed Nasir Khan, Mohammed Iqbal Khan, Mohammed Muktar Khan and Mohammed Azad Khan all sons of Mohammed Yakub Khan v. Ambaram Narsey Properties Limited and Lautoka City Counsel}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 the decision of}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 Mr. Justice Pathik, sitting as Justices of Appeal and when considering whether to grant leave or not from Interlocutory Order, His Lordship quoted from the }{ \b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 Fiji Public Service Commission v. Manuvavalagi which was FCA 107 and 108 of 1989 of page 5}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 and he said and I quote \endash \par \par }\pard\plain \s19\ql \li720\ri720\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin720\lin720\itap0\pararsid4984458 \i\f1\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 \'93 I am dealing with an application for leave to appeal and not with the merits of an appeal.}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458 }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 It will therefore not be appropriate for me to delve into the merits of the case by looking at the correctness or otherwise of the Order intended to be appealed against.}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458 }{ \b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 However if prima facie the intended appeal is patently unmeritorious or there are clearly no arguable points requiring decision then it would be proper for me to take these matters into consideration before deciding whether to grant leave or not.\'94}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458 \par }\pard \s19\ql \li0\ri720\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin720\lin0\itap0\pararsid11883108 {\i0\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458\charrsid11883108 \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11883108 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid11883108 And later His Lordship again relevantly to the issue and I quote from page 16 of the judgment \endash \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4984458 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri720\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin720\lin720\itap0\pararsid4984458 {\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 \'93The following statement of principle by Sir Moti Ti karam, the then President Fiji Court of Appeal in }{\b\i\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 Totis Incorporated Spor (Fiji) Limited, Richard Evanson v John Leonard Clark & John Lockwood Sellers in Civil Appeal No. }{ \b\i\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11883108 ABU00}{\b\i\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 35 of 1996S page 15}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 is apt to bear in mind: \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4984458 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid11883108 \par }\pard\plain \s20\ql \li1440\ri720\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin720\lin1440\itap0\pararsid11883108 \i\f1\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 It has long been settled law and practice that interlocutory orders and decisions will seldom be amenable to appeal.}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458 }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 Courts have repeatedly emphasized that appeals against interlocutory orders and decisions will only rarely succeed.}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458 }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 The Fiji Court of Appeal has consistently observed the above principle by granting leave only in the most exceptional circumstances.\'94 \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4984458 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11883108 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid11883108 His Lordship then went on and I quote \endash \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4984458 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 \par }\pard\plain \s20\ql \li720\ri720\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin720\lin720\itap0\pararsid4984458 \i\f1\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 \'93 In the matter of grant of leave to appeal against interlocutory orders the Appeal Court (Thompson J sitting as single Judge in }{\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid11883108 K.R. Latch an Brothers Limited v Transport Control Board and Tui Davuilevu Buses Limited}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11883108 Civil Appeal No. ABU}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 0012 of 1994) summed up the criteria, and this is apt: \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4984458 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid11883108 \par }\pard\plain \s19\ql \li1440\ri720\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin720\lin1440\itap0\pararsid11883108 \i\f1\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 The granting of leave to appeal against interlocutory orders is not appropriate except in very clear cases of incorrect application of the law.}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458 }{ \b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 It is certainly not appropriate when the issue is whether discretion was exercised correctly unless it was exercised either for improper motives or as result of a particular misconception of the law.}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458 } {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 The learned judge has given full reasons for the order he has made.}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458 }{ \b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 There is no suggestion of impropriety in the appellant\rquote s affidavit.}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458 }{ \b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 There is an allegation of misconception of the law, but if there was a misconception of the law, it is not a clear case of that.}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458 }{ \b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 That matter can be made a ground of appeal in any appeal against the final judgment of the High Court, if the appellant is unsuccessful in the proceedings there.\'94 \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4984458 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 \par }\pard\plain \s15\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4984458 \f36\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 In the light of what has been said by the former President of the Fiji Court of Appeal, I am of t he view that the granting of leave is unlikely and accordingly inappropriate to grant a stay in circumstances where I am of the view that leave would not be granted.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458 }{ \f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4984458 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid4984458 \par I decline the application.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458 \par \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11883108 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid11883108 JOHN CONNORS \par }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid11883108 JUDGE}{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458\charrsid11883108 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11883108 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458\charrsid11883108 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4984458 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12336789\charrsid11883108 AT LAUTOKA \par 11 FEBRUARY 2004}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4984458\charrsid11883108 \par }}