Whether the justice of peace could refuse to decide the provisional measures request as premature because the merits decision had not yet been notified.
No. The parties remained entitled to provisional protection, and the refusal to decide amounted to a denial of justice.
The facts invoked in the provisional request were subsequent to the merits hearing, so the forthcoming merits decision could not take them into account. Lack of notification of the merits decision did not bar provisional relief.