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Mon 06 Jun 2007Court will not intervene in disciplinary inquiry unless grave risk of irreparable harm from flawed processDermot Minnock (plaintiff) v. Irish Casing Company Ltd and Robert Stewart (defendants):  Injunction - Interlocutory - Employment - Application to restrain continuing disciplinary proceedings - Whether interlocutory order would interfere with existing disciplinary process - Whether fatal flaws in the investigation warranting intervention of court - Whether interlocutory application premature - Whether balance of convenience favours the continuance of the process.The High Court (Mr Justice Clarke); judgment delivered on May 24th, 2007.