An injunction may be sought for:
- Defamation
- Freezing orders e.g. freezing bank accounts or assets
- Protection from harassment
- Preventing nuisance and trespass
- Preventing breach of contract
- Preventing copyright infringement
- Enforcing restrictive covenants, including restraint of trade and non-compete clauses
- Restraining sale of land or property
- Restraining winding up petitions
- Specific performance
Applications for injunctions can be mandatory or prohibitory, in other words, you can apply for an Order to do a specified act or for an Order to refrain from doing a specified act. An injunction carries a sanction of contempt of court if it is disobeyed.
