At Littleton Chambers, our combination of specialist knowledge and exceptional service makes us the first choice for firms advising clients on urgent applications for injunctive relief. Our barristers’ experience in this field spans commercial, civil fraud and employment matters, often involving high‑pressure hearings at very short notice.
Areas of expertise include:
Employee competition
Members regularly act in injunction applications arising out of employee competition and team moves, including:
- Springboard relief designed to prevent employees from gaining an unlawful competitive advantage
- Enforcement of restrictive covenants, including non‑compete, non‑solicitation and non‑poaching obligations
- Injunctions restraining misuse of confidential information and breaches of confidence
- Orders for delivery up of documents and devices, and interim disclosure
- Urgent injunctions arising from general or targeted team moves
Commercial injunctions
Our members are frequently instructed in complex commercial injunction proceedings, including:
- Freezing orders (Mareva injunctions), both domestic and cross‑border
- Search and seizure orders (Anton Piller orders)
- Norwich Pharmacal and related disclosure orders, including delivery up
- Anti‑suit and anti‑enforcement injunctions
- Contempt of court proceedings arising from alleged breaches of injunctions
- Springboard injunctions in a commercial or civil fraud context
Disciplinary and regulatory injunctions
Members are experienced in injunctions arising in professional discipline and regulatory contexts, including:
- Prohibitory injunctions preventing continuation of disciplinary steps or regulatory action pending determination
- Urgent relief to restrain enforcement of interim sanctions
- Injunctions connected with contractual and quasi‑contractual disciplinary regimes
Industrial action
Littleton is particularly well known for its injunction work in the industrial relations arena, including applications relating to:
- Strike action and threatened industrial action
- Defective ballots or failures to give statutory notice
- Injunctions for failure to comply with statutory requirements under trade union legislation
- Unlawful picketing
- Secondary action and associated restraint orders
Privacy, confidentiality and data protection
Members act in injunctions protecting private and confidential information, including:
- Misuse of private information
- Breach of confidentiality and data protection obligations
- Interim relief to prevent publication or dissemination of sensitive material
- Delivery up and deletion of confidential or personal data
Members at both silk and junior level are particularly skilled in seeking and resisting interim injunctions and in providing strategic advice at the earliest stage. Clients benefit from fast, pragmatic and precise advice, supported by meticulous preparation and carefully drafted documentation.
Our clerks are highly experienced in managing urgent injunctions, including liaising with listing officers, arranging sealing of orders and coordinating with out‑of‑hours clerking services. In addition, members regularly act as counsel or mediators in the resolution of urgent disputes.
To support urgent matters, we provide clients with a 24‑hour emergency helpline for immediate injunctive enquiries.
