
James Johnston
Head of Dispute Resolution
Business Commercial Litigation
Injunctions
An injunction is a court order either making a party do something - or stop doing something.
They are usually applied for to prevent loss or damage - such as when an ex-employee leaves your business and acts in breach of their restrictive covenants causing financial or reputational harm.
Nobody really plans for the situations for which an injunction is needed and as such they are usually sought in fast-moving cases and at short notice.
Our team is used to acting quickly and calmly in these situations to obtain injunctive relief, and protection to business, as soon as possible.
We are equally adept at defending injunctions when there is an application against our clients.
Our team has advised on a broad range of injunctions, including:
- Stopping winding up petitions
- Restrictive covenants and non-compete clauses, especially for employers
- Freezing orders e.g. freezing bank accounts or assets
- Protecting against harassment
- Stopping trespass and nuisance
- Preventing breach of contract
- Cases involving copyright infringement
- Restraining the sale of land or property
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James Johnston
Head of Dispute Resolution

Johnny Coulthard
Associate Solicitor

Georgina Nicholls
Associate Solicitor

Grace Wren
Solicitor

Sally Johnson
Practising Consultant

Charlotte Seymour
Trainee Solicitor

Daniel Warwick
Trainee Solicitor
James Johnston
Head of Dispute Resolution
James is a Partner and Head of the Dispute Resolution team
Johnny Coulthard
Associate Solicitor
Johnny is an Associate Solicitor in Burnetts' Dispute Resolution team
Georgina Nicholls
Associate Solicitor
Georgina is an Associate Solicitor in Burnetts' Dispute Resolution team
Sally Johnson
Practising Consultant
Sally is a Practicing Consultant in Burnetts' Dispute Resolution team
Charlotte Seymour
Trainee Solicitor
Charlotte is a Trainee Solicitor in Burnetts' Dispute Resolution team
Daniel Warwick
Trainee Solicitor
Daniel is a Trainee Solicitor in Burnetts' Commercial Property and Dispute Resolution teams