I Am a Director/Shareholder and Think I Have an Unfair Prejudice Claim. Issuing a Claim/Petition Will Take Time – What Steps Can Be Taken Urgently to Prevent Further Damage to Assist Me?

Your specific circumstances will be important. The reason you think you have a claim may be only one aspect- there may be other elements we uncover if/when we are instructed. 

Unfair prejudice and derivative claims will very often arise due to the unlawful conduct of a Director or other Shareholder. In these situations, the conduct will often relate to money, property, or other assets of the business/company such as databases/intellectual property. There can be a need to move quickly and to obtain injunctions to force information to be provided (disclosure), to require something to happen, or to prevent further information from being obtained.

Injunctions are urgent types of court orders that can be obtained and which force someone/or a company to do something, or to stop doing something. Where an injunction order is made with a penal notice if someone goes on to breach that order that can amount to a criminal offence (contempt of court). Breach of an injunction can lead to committal or imprisonment. We have acted in committal applications.

Both injunction applications and committal proceedings are highly specialised in the commercial business and property courts. We have dealt with a considerable number of these applications in the High Court, London, including where we have obtained injunctions on the same day as being instructed. We also frequently defend injunction applications made on an urgent basis.