Interim Injunctions; Urgent Court Orders

Preliminary and Interim Injunctions

Our solicitors have collectively applied and defended over 15 interim injunctions before the English High Court over the last 3 years. As part of the litigation services we provide our clients, we have acted and advised on:

Obtaining Urgent Injunctions

• obtaining interim injunctions, and urgent action such as:
  • quia timet injunctions to prevent repetition of breaches of contracts; restraining threatened or actual misuse of sensitive confidential information and trade secrets; and obtaining electronic documents prior to notice of issuing proceedings;
  • freezing injunctions to prevent dissipation and disposal of assets in the jurisdiction of English Courts, and worldwide; and
  • search orders to enter premises of named defendants to obtain evidence, such computer hardware, electronic & physical documents.
• orders to obtain documents prior to commencement of proceedings to determine whether there is a basis for commencing legal proceedings
• obtaining supportive injunctions in other jurisdictions and extending the protection of injunctions obtained in England to foreign countries to bring home the effect of the force of English Court Orders;
• Norwich Pharmacal Orders and relief in the UK and in foreign countries to advance litigation in England, to identify persons liable for unlawful conduct where they are unknown;
• preventing debtors from leaving the jurisdiction;

Protecting Confidential Information

• urgent injunctions to prevent threatened breaches of confidential information and further actual breaches of confidence;
• action arising from the departure of employees and consultants where it is alleged the employee is likely to use confidential information of an employer or principal;

Responding to Applications for Interim Relief

• how to respond and responding when served with freezing order, mandatory and prohibitive quia timet injunctions, orders for specific performance and search orders;
• assisting compliance with court orders requiring urgent action;

• challenging and setting aside freezing orders;

• barring evidence seised after execution of search orders;

• enforcing the cross-undertaking as to damages.

We have:

• coordinated enforcement of injunctions and Court Orders, after obtaining initial relief in the English High Court;
• appeared before the High Court to obtain evidence with the assistance of foreign courts to assist litigation in England.

Such is the wealth of experience before English Courts that in many cases our solicitors have appeared before the Courts, avoiding the added layer of representation usually undertaken by barristers. To date, our solicitors have not been refused relief for Norwich Pharmacal Orders or interim injunctions, on our advice that the Court may be minded to make the orders sought, after having considered the evidence available and grounds of the claim.

There is no question that obtaining and enforcing English court orders such as these is a serious undertaking. Our proximity to the locations where the relevant Courts sit, our size of firm and extensive experience means that we are able to provide prompt and decisive action with greater price control than elsewhere.

London Business Solicitors & Lawyers

Our Solicitors in London assist businesses in the UK and internationally to create options, achieve realistic and attainable goals, and providing guidance to assist decision-making in a commercial context.

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