Court of Appeal confirms role of convenience when considering injunction (Wright v Pike & Ors)

Table of contents

• Practical implications
• Court details
• Facts
• Judgment

Article summary

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal for an interlocutory injunction restraining the trade of one company following alleged breach of fiduciary duty by its director. Instead it agreed with the lower court’s acceptance of an undertaking by the director which in ‘the balance of convenience’ was more likely to be productive of justice. The Court of Appeal also confirmed that its function in relation to interim relief applications was one of review unless there had been an error in law, an error in principle or an injudicious aberration.