ABSTRACT
An injunction is a judgment or order to do or refrain from doing a particular thing. An injunction is also either prohibitory or restraining, when it inhibits the doing of anything; or mandatory, when it orders the doing or restoring of anything. The object of an interim injunction is to preserve matters pending the trial of matters in dispute and is often granted ex parte in an emergency. One of the most important types of injunctions sought in and granted by the courts is a freezing injunction. Until recently, it was possible to turn to a set of seemingly well-settled rules as to the circumstances in which damages would be ordered in lieu of an injunction. The purpose of a cross-undertaking in damages is to ensure that the parties affected by the injunction are compensated if it later turns out that the injunction was wrongly granted.
