Court rejects McGill’s request for injunction
Superior Court has turned down McGill’s request to force the eviction of the pro‑Palestinian encampment on its front lawn.
H. John, who kindly advises me on legal matters, points out that what McGill wants is what’s called a provisional or preliminary injunction, or injonction interlocutoire, which is requested when action is desired immediately, rather than waiting on a court decision that might take months. The court would have to accept that immediate action is justified, and in the McGill case, he cites Julius Grey in the Globe and Mail: “It’s not enough to allege that something is urgent or that something is dangerous. You have to prove it, and there was no evidence.”