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A review of the American Cyanamid principles – the meaning of “adequate remedy”

In American Cyanamid Co v Ethicom Ltd [1975] AC 396, the court developed a set of guidelines to establish whether an applicant's case merited the granting of an interlocutory injunction. The main American Cyanamid guidelines, as they have come to be known, are: Whether there is a serious question to be tried. What would be the balance of convenience of each party should the order be granted…

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