Steel_Wind
Legend
Interlocutory motions range in price from $5k to $20k CAN, typically. To go beyond that in cost (many do) it tends to be something special. An Injunction would be one of those times.is it expensive enough that bringing one can tip the scales to the person with the bigger bank account? I am sure that to those of us in the "under 70K a year) range in the US EVERYTHING dealing with this kind of case costs a ton of money... I would not be surprised if my annual salary got spent in a few days on a case like this.
Again, it depends on the circumstances and the timetable, but I have conducted injunction motions where the costs of the motion awarded by the court (as distinct from the retail cost charged to the client) have been as high as $225,000. You would expect the actual cost of the motion was closer to $600k to the plaintiff on that one (motion to appoint a limited purpose receiver which was opposed).
$20k to $60k is far more typical -- again -- it is highly fact dependent.
Still, the point is, injunctions are expensive motions to fight and the costs awarded for them by the court is also much higher than is typical for other motions (in those jurisdictions which do award significant costs -- the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand do so by default; American state courts tend not to). Injunction motions are litigation that -- if it were gambling? It would be a bet made at a more exclusive casino table, where everybody seems to have fatter wallets, are wearing more flashy jewelry and are drinking more pretentious cocktails. Get the picture?