This area covers applications for court-ordered restraints and positive orders to protect commercial rights and assets, from interim prohibitory and mandatory injunctions to freezing orders, search orders and Norwich Pharmacal disclosure. Solicitors prepare claim forms and urgent Part 25 applications, draft witness statements, disclosure schedules, undertakings and draft orders, instruct experts and asset-trace specialists, and appear in the High Court (Chancery or King’s Bench divisions), county courts and the Court of Appeal for interim and final hearings. Proceedings are driven by urgent evidence, the balance of convenience and compliance with the Civil Procedure Rules.
What a solicitor handles in these matters
Professional involvement is driven by procedural complexity: urgent ex parte relief, strict disclosure duties, formulation of undertakings in lieu of orders, and the interrelation with insolvency procedures and winding-up petitions (Insolvency Act 1986). Solicitors handle cross-border recognition, freezing order and Anton Piller search principles, and the precise drafting that courts require to make and enforce interlocutory remedies.