High Court refuses to grant interlocutory relief to a receiver and mortgagee to restrain a borrower from interfering with the receivership, on the grounds that the plaintiff had failed to discharge the onus of proof that they owned the loans underlying the mortgages on which they intend to rely, and therefore failed to establish a fair question to be tried or a strong case.
Chancery List – interlocutory injunctive relief - default of loans for the purpose of purchasing residential investment property – received appointed over the properties – loans transferred to another entity – receiver has sought direct payment of rents – proceedings seeking permanent injunctive relief – prevent trespass, occupation of the property or interference with the receivership – defendant maintains that the original lender overcharged him on the loans – fair question to be tried – balance of justice – defendant will be unable to meet any award of damages – technical objections – mandatory injunction sought – plaintiff must establish a strong case – first two reliefs are prohibitory and go to the core of the plaintiff’s application – mandatory relief is ancillary to these – restraining the defendant from interfering with the receiver held to be mandatory in nature – intended effect of granting the orders is to facilitate the sale of the properties – receiver injunctions rarely proceed to a full trial – plaintiff’s proofs are not in order and they have not satisfied the fair question or strong case test – difficult to discern from redacted extracts what was being transferred in global deed of transfer – plaintiffs have failed to adduce necessary proof to establish they are entitled to the relief sought – absence of proof of transfer of loans – transfer of loans and mortgages between the original bank’s companies – validity of appointment of receiver – obiter view that the plaintiffs had not established the continuing validity of receivership subsequent to the transfer of the loans to the second plaintiff – court refuses the application for interlocutory relief.