The New Model Form Freezing Order
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
The freezing injunction, or order, was once described by Donaldson LJ as one of the law’s two “nuclear weapons”, the other being the search order.[i] That vivid description reflects the power (but, thankfully, not the popularity) of a freezing order when used in the right hands. When used in the wrong hands, such an order can be truly draconian, if not oppressive. It is for this reason that a heavy burden falls on an applicant for... |
