Services
Injunctions
When circumstances require immediate legal action to protect a person, preserve assets or prevent irreversible harm, the civil courts can act with remarkable speed. We are experienced in obtaining emergency injunctive relief across the full range of family and financial proceedings.
What this covers
Specialist work across injunctions.
Freezing Injunctions
Obtaining and defending worldwide Mareva injunctions to prevent the dissipation of matrimonial or partnership assets pending financial proceedings.
Search Orders
Applying for Anton Piller orders to preserve evidence of fraud, asset concealment or the unlawful removal of property.
Prohibited Steps & Wardship
Invoking the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court to make a child a ward of court and prevent unilateral decisions affecting their welfare.
Injunctions Against Third Parties
Restraining solicitors, trustees, banks and other third parties from acting on instructions that would undermine ongoing proceedings.
Our approach
How we approach injunction applications
Injunctive relief is by its nature time-critical. We are experienced in preparing and issuing urgent applications to the High Court and the family courts at short notice, including out of hours where circumstances demand it.
Speed and precision are not in conflict here; they are both essential. A poorly prepared urgent application is no application at all. We combine the pace required in an emergency with the forensic preparation that gives the application its best prospect of success.
Freezing injunctions are among the most powerful remedies available in financial proceedings. Where there is a real risk that assets will be dissipated, transferred abroad or concealed prior to a final hearing, we will move immediately to obtain an order restraining the other party from dealing with those assets.
Wardship and the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court allow us to protect vulnerable children in circumstances that fall outside the standard statutory framework. We use these routes judiciously and only where they offer a genuine practical advantage over the usual applications under the Children Act 1989.
Process
What to expect
Immediate assessment
We review the urgency, available grounds and most appropriate remedy, in most cases on the same day you contact us.
Without-notice application
Where necessary, we apply to the court without giving the other party advance notice, supported by a detailed witness statement.
Return hearing
The other party is given the opportunity to respond at a return hearing; we present the case for the order to continue in full force.
Ongoing enforcement
We monitor compliance carefully and take immediate steps if the order is breached or if the situation requires variation.