Injunctions

Emergency court applications usually involve an application for an injunction. An injunction is a Court Order telling requiring someone to do something or (more often) not to do something. Frequently an injunction has to be applied for with great urgency - for example to freeze transfers of assets, to prevent the use of confidential information or to require the return of property. Often such applications have to be co-ordinated with applications in jurisdictions overseas.

This type of litigation can be protracted and can be very expensive if it is not undertaken by those with appropriate expertise. Our Litigation team has considerable experience of the intricacies of obtaining injunctions (and having them set aside), having sought and defended injunctions in cases as varied as those involving alleged foreign exchange fraud, counterfeit motor parts, invoice fraud, breach of copyright, passing off, breach of confidence and the theft of company customer lists.

Whatever the circumstances, any client seeking advice which might lead to an injunction has to be confident that their legal team has both the ability and the resources to mount an attack (or indeed a defence) with military precision as well as the personal skills to guide the client through what can be a rugged journey. Anyone contemplating injunctive relief also has to be working with a lawyer who is realistic about the prospects of success, who can give sensible costs estimates and who can judge how long it will take to achieve the client's objectives. We have that expertise and the resources to get results.