Commercial disputes · Interim relief
Injunctions and asset preservation
Freezing orders, proprietary injunctions and the protection of assets and evidence in substantial commercial disputes.
An urgent application or an order already served?
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Alexander’s civil fraud and commercial practice includes freezing and proprietary injunctions, disclosure relief and cross-border asset recovery. The immediate application must be considered alongside the underlying claim, the evidence, the costs exposure and the practical route to recovery.
Work may involve preparing an application, opposing relief, seeking variation or discharge, addressing a return hearing, or advising on the scope and effect of an existing order. Instructions are subject to conflicts, suitability, availability and an agreed scope.
Different remedies, different purposes
Freezing orders
Restrain dealings with assets, potentially in England and Wales or worldwide. Asset-disclosure provisions may accompany the restraint. The terms, exceptions and jurisdictional limits matter.
Proprietary injunctions
Concern identified property over which an ownership or other proprietary claim is advanced. They are distinct from a general restraint on a defendant’s assets.
Search and imaging orders
Concern preservation of evidence, including electronic material. These intrusive remedies require particular safeguards and appropriate independent supervision; they are not a substitute for ordinary disclosure.
Related interim protection
Commercial disputes may require preservation of property, disclosure or other interim restraints. The appropriate remedy depends on the claim and circumstances, not simply the urgency of the request.
Applications require careful evidence and consideration of notice, disclosure obligations and undertakings. Cross-border relief requires separate attention to jurisdiction and practical effect overseas.
Connected commercial and fraud experience
The following matters illustrate Alexander’s underlying commercial, fraud and fiduciary-duty work. They are not presented as examples of obtaining each of the remedies described above.
- Biscoe v Milner — defence of substantial liquidator claims involving fraudulent trading and dishonest assistance.
- Ansell-Rus v Prologic — guarantee litigation involving authority, alleged fraudulent misrepresentation and cross-border enforcement considerations.
- Magee v Crocker — disputed share-transfer litigation involving fraud allegations and offshore trust arrangements.
Discuss a potential instruction
For an initial enquiry, identify the parties and connected entities, the court or forum, any hearing or deadline, the broad dispute and the work required. Do not send substantive documents, detailed confidential information or attachments before conflicts and suitability checks.
Urgent or non-monetary relief may warrant individual consideration even where the monetary value is below the usual Direct Access threshold. This does not imply that the matter will be accepted.
Alexander provides advice and advocacy. Conduct-of-litigation tasks require a solicitor; search-order execution and independent supervision require appropriate separate arrangements. An enquiry is not legal advice or acceptance of instructions.
Neither this website nor Alexander requests payment, bank details or sends payment instructions. Fee arrangements are handled through Enterprise Chambers’ clerks.
Related expertise
General information, not advice on a particular dispute. Published 20 September 2026.