Haddad and El-Haddad & Anor

In *Haddad and El-Haddad & Anor*, heard before Johnston J, the applicant sought an ex parte interlocutory injunction to restrain the respondent from leaving Australia. The underlying dispute concerned family law matters.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the circumstances warranted the grant of an ex parte injunction to prevent a party from departing the jurisdiction. This required the court to consider the threshold for granting such an extraordinary remedy, particularly in the absence of the respondent.

Johnston J applied the principles governing the grant of ex parte interlocutory injunctions, which require a high degree of urgency and a demonstration that the applicant would suffer irreparable harm if the injunction were not granted immediately. The court considered the potential prejudice to the applicant's rights and the need to preserve the status quo pending further proceedings. The court ultimately found that the applicant had not satisfied the stringent requirements for an ex parte injunction.

The application for an ex parte interlocutory injunction was dismissed.