Injunctions

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There may be cases where you need to urgently protect your business and its interests. In such instances, our commercial dispute resolution and avoidance specialists are able to advise you on whether an injunction might be the best option for you.

An injunction is an order requiring a party to do a specific act (mandatory injunction) or to refrain from doing a specific act (prohibitory injunction). An injunction may be sought to, for example, prevent anticipated wrongdoing (a quia timet injunction) or to negate the benefit of wrongdoing (a springboard injunction).

An injunction may be granted on an interim or final (permanent) basis and different considerations apply, depending on which is sought.

Our specialists are able to advise and assist you in obtaining, if appropriate, the following types of injunction:

Freezing orders
Search orders
Orders for delivery up

We can also advise you whether it may be prudent for any of the above injunctions to be combined with other types of order, for example an order to disclose information about the location of assets might be combined with a freezing order.

Our team can also suggest alternatives to injunctive relief, including:

A Norwich Pharmacal order requiring third parties mixed up in wrongdoing to provide information or documents.
An order for specific performance.
A declaration.
Damages in addition to, or in substitution for, specific performance.
Damages in addition to, or in substitution for, an injunction.

Our team can talk you through your options, the risks and advantages of these and the likely costs involved, to achieve your desired aim.

To speak to our commercial dispute resolution and avoidance specialists please call us on 01772 258321 or make an enquiry below to see how we can assist you and your business.