injunctioninjunction: a type of remedy that a court may order in comme...: a type of remedy that a court may order in commercial litigationlitigation: the bringing of a lawsuit or legal claim in cour... or a civil dispute, that restrains or prohibits a party from doing a particular thing or act (although, less commonly, an mandatory injunctioninjunction: a type of remedy that a court may order in comme... can be ordered, requiring a party to positively do a thing or act); for example, where a claimant seeks to recover money from a defendantdefendant: the respondent against whom court proceedings are... and has evidence the defendantdefendant: the respondent against whom court proceedings are... may dispose of or dissipate his assets so that the claimant will have nothing to recover from the defendantdefendant: the respondent against whom court proceedings are... even if he wins his case, the claimant may obtain a freezing injunctionfreezing injunction: previously called a mareva injunction; ... prohibiting the defendantdefendant: the respondent against whom court proceedings are... from dealing with or disposing of assets; the court’s power to grant an injunctioninjunction: a type of remedy that a court may order in comme... now derives from statute, namely section 37 of the Senior Courts Act 1981; injunctions can be temporary in their effect (an ‘interim injunction’) or permanent (a ‘permanent injunction’).