Short answer
For a company injunction enquiry, prepare the company documents, contracts, board records, alleged conduct, urgency evidence, correspondence, draft order, undertakings, court papers and any hearing or response deadline.
Quick checklist
Start with these
Best order
How to organise the first pack
- Put the order sought and urgent deadline first.
- Add company authority and relationship documents.
- Build a short chronology with exhibit references.
- Separate asset, confidentiality, control and trading-risk evidence.
- Include application papers, draft order and undertakings if available.
Identify The Order Being Considered
Company injunction enquiries can involve director deadlock, shareholder disputes, misuse of confidential information, asset dissipation, restraint of trading conduct, delivery up of company property or preservation of records.
The first enquiry should identify the company, parties, legal relationship, order sought and why ordinary correspondence or later damages may not be enough.
- Company name, number, articles, shareholders' agreement and director appointments.
- Contract, confidentiality, employment, consultancy or partnership documents.
- What conduct is being restrained or required.
- Whether notice has been given or a without-notice application is being considered.
- Any insolvency, regulatory, employment or criminal allegation overlap.
Evidence To Put In Date Order
Urgent commercial applications depend heavily on a clear chronology and reliable source documents.
- Board minutes, resolutions, Companies House filings and shareholder communications.
- Emails, messages, notices, account records, access logs and document-download evidence.
- Evidence of threatened asset movement, loss of control, confidentiality risk or business disruption.
- Pre-action correspondence and any undertakings offered or refused.
- Draft order, application notice, witness statement, skeleton argument and hearing details if prepared.
Procedural And Practical Questions
A barrister may need to consider the correct applicant, company authority, forum, notice, evidence duties, undertaking in damages, service, return date and whether a wider claim must accompany the application.
This page is not advice that an injunction should be sought or resisted. That depends on the facts, the court rules, the evidence and the commercial consequences.
Quote Request Notes
Use the enquiry to ask for a defined task: urgent advice on evidence, drafting or settling application papers, responding to an injunction, or representation at a listed hearing.
Put the hearing date, asset deadline, threatened disclosure date or service deadline at the top of the request.
Avoid delays
What not to send first
- Sending a general commercial dispute summary without identifying the injunction sought.
- Omitting company authority, board or shareholder documents.
- Assuming a without-notice application can be made without specialist procedural review.
- Treating a quote request as a protective order or litigation step.
Source note: source-checked against current Civil Procedure Rules Parts 23 and 25 on 9 September 2026. Without-notice duties, cross-undertakings, company authority, shareholder remedies, confidentiality and insolvency overlap need specialist commercial review before publication.
Claim and official-source ledger
- Civil Procedure Rules Part 23 sets out general rules about applications for court orders.
- Civil Procedure Rules Part 23 — Justice UK; checked .
- Civil Procedure Rules Part 25 contains rules about interim remedies, including interim injunctions.
- Civil Procedure Rules Part 25 — Justice UK; checked .
Editorial status: Review required. Sources support the identified claims only. General information; not legal advice.
Company Injunction Barrister Evidence Checklist FAQs
Can a barrister help with an urgent company injunction?
A commercial barrister may advise on evidence, draft or respond to an application, review a draft order or represent at a hearing where the work is suitable and available.
Should I send the draft order?
Yes, if one exists. Include the draft order, application notice, witness statement, undertakings and any correspondence about notice or urgency.
Does sending an enquiry protect assets or confidential information?
No. A quote request does not issue proceedings, obtain an order, preserve evidence or stop any deadline.
Ask For A Barrister Quote
Barristers4U helps clients request a quote from a suitable Direct Access barrister. The information on this page is general information only, not legal advice about your individual circumstances.
If your matter is urgent, include hearing dates, court deadlines, orders and any documents you already have when you submit your enquiry.
