Bean on Injunctions - Sweet & Maxwell (2024)
Bean on Injunctions authored by Sir David Bean, Andrew Burns KC, and Fitzrene Headley was published in December 2024.
This book has long been regarded as the essential reference source for lawyers and judges who deal with one of the most important remedies in civil and family litigation – the injunction. Bean on Injunctions provides you with an indispensable and focused reference tool in the fast-moving world of the injunction.
FEATURES:
- Covers every type of injunction, going through their scope and limitations,
- Provides a concise and practical guide with particular emphasis on explanation of procedure.
- Covers the full range of injunctions in one volume.
- Fully explains the criteria for both permanent and interim injunctions.
- Features separate chapters on freezing injunctions and property orders, search orders, and, contempt of court.
- Sets out what remedies are available and to which situations they are best suited.
- Includes a dedicated section on matrimonial and domestic proceedings
Considers the law of injunctions as it applies to specific cases:
- employment and other business relations;
- restraint of publication;
- public law; defendants outside the jurisdiction;
- restraint of legal proceedings;
- discrimination
- financial services and consumer contracts;
- state immunity;
- harassment and anti-social behaviour;
- patents and trademarks;
- competition how injunctions
The new 15th edition incorporates the key developments and new cases in practice and procedure since the last edition, including:
- The Supreme Court’s analysis of the basis for injunctions, the need for a cause of action and orders against persons unknown: Wolverhampton CC v London Gypsies and Travellers [2023] UKSC 42
- A fully rewritten and updated chapter on Family Injunctions and Protective orders designed specifically for practitioners in the Family Court
- The use of interim and final injunctions to prevent disruptive protest on public highways
- An update on freezing orders and the unlimited cross-undertaking in damages: Hunt v Ubhi [2023] EWCA Civ 417
- Balance of convenience and assessing the merits in restraint of trade cases: Boydell v NZP [2023] EWCA Civ 373 and Planon v Gilligan [2022] EWCA Civ 642
- Injunctions to prevent dismissals: Tesco v USDAW [2024] UKSC 28
- Guidance on the approach to anti-social behaviour injunctions: Swindon BC v Abrook [2024] EWCA Civ 230 and Jones v Birmingham CC [2023] 3 W.L.R. 343
- A new section on planning injunctions under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
Full information can be found here.
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