Speed when speed decides it
An application assembled and filed in the window that actually matters.
Injunctions, temporary attachments, and urgent relief to hold the position before a transaction, a transfer, or a dissipation puts it out of reach.
Some disputes are decided by who acts first. An asset about to be moved, a transaction about to close, a status quo about to be destroyed - none of these wait for a trial. Provisional relief is its own discipline: it is won on a prima facie case, a balance of convenience, and the speed and good faith of the application, all assembled under pressure and on short notice.
The firm treats the application as a case in miniature: the prima facie cause, the balance of convenience, and the risk of irreparable harm have to be shown in an affidavit built in hours, not weeks. It moves fast where speed is the whole point, and it is candid with the court, because an order won by incomplete disclosure is an order that gets set aside. Where the other side has the order, it attacks the urgency, the disclosure, and the balance.
An application assembled and filed in the window that actually matters.
The affidavit, the undertaking, and the candour the court requires for urgent relief.
The same discipline turned on an order the other side obtained.
A claimant learns that assets central to a money claim are about to be moved out of reach. The firm assembles and files an urgent application to secure them, supports it with the required undertaking and disclosure, and holds the position while the main claim is brought.
Described in abbreviated, anonymised form to preserve client confidentiality.
You must show a prima facie cause of action, that the balance of convenience favours you, and that damages would not be an adequate remedy, all on an affidavit and usually at speed; full and candid disclosure is essential.
A prima facie claim and a real concern that without the attachment a judgment would be frustrated, supported by an undertaking and, usually, security; the order is exceptional and the application has to earn it.
In a genuine emergency a court can hear an application within days or even on the same day, sometimes initially without the other side present, with a full hearing to follow.