Proprietary asset preservation injunctions

6 April 2025 changes

The CPR provisions relevant to interim injunctive relief were amended with effect from 6 April 2025. In particular, CPR 25 was revised extensively and the accompanying Practice Directions, together with the example draft orders included in Annex A and Annex B of Practice Direction 25A, were revoked. From 6 April 2025, new model orders entered into force, including a new model order for a freezing injunction (the ‘model freezing order’). However, the model freezing order is expressly noted as only appropriate for use where the applicant is seeking ‘a freezing injunction with related disclosure relief’. An alternative form of model order for proprietary and freezing injunctions (the ‘model proprietary and freezing order’) should be used ‘where both a proprietary injunction and a freezing injunction with related disclosure relief are being sought’ (see the ‘Important Note’ on the first page of the model orders).

The availability of the model proprietary and freezing order is a significant departure from the pre-6 April 2025 position. While the changes were not intended to materially alter substantive law or practice, the numbering and location of many of the provisions

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