What is the applicable test for a motion for an interlocutory injunction?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Mastronardi Produce Limited v Veillon, 2015 ONSC 2983 (CanLII):

The applicable test for a court considering a motion for an interlocutory injunction is set out in RJR-MacDonald v. Canada (Attorney General), 1994 CanLII 117 (SCC), [1994] 1 S.C.R. 311, 111 D.L.R. (4th) 385 as follows: 1. Is there a serious question to be tried? 2. Will the moving party suffer irreparable harm if the injunction is not granted? and 3. Does the balance of convenience favour the granting of an injunction?

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