- 46 A - evaluation of potential injustice inherent in the process of granting newcomer injunctions is more likely to be reliable if B A B there is no assumption that the newcomers affected by the C injunction are persons so regardless of the law that they will breach it, even if the grant necessarily assumes a real risk that D C D a significant number would, but for the injunction, violate the E public rights sought to be protected by the injunction: [141]. F E F (5) G An ordinary law-abiding newcomer, once notified of the existence of the injunction, may be expected to comply with it rather than act in breach of it. At the point of compliance, H G H that person will not be a defendant, and unless they apply to I do so they will never become a defendant: [140]. It means that the injunction will not have the effect of depriving such J I J law-abiding person of the right to make representation to the K court, or risking their exposure to contempt for breach. L (6) For a newcomer who wishes to take further action which would be in breach of the injunction, the proper course is not M to take such action but to apply to court for an order varying N K L M N it or setting it aside: [40]. He would then be at liberty to O advance any reasons which could have advanced in opposition to the grant of the injunction when it was first P O P made: [178]. It means that the injunction will not deprive a Q newcomer of the right to make contrary representations to the court. R S T 81. These latest authoritative statements of principle have adequately addressed the concerns raised by the Judge and Mr Chan on the contra mundum effect of the injunction. Provided that there are sufficient Q R S T U U V V

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