Law of Injunctions in Hong Kong

Part I General Nature of Injunction
1. History and Evolution
1.1. History of Injunction
1.2. Modern Law of injunction
2. Interim Injunction
2.1. Ex parte application
2.1.1. Duty to make full and frank disclosure
2.1.2. Examples of accepted full and frank disclosure
2.1.3. Examples of rejected full and frank disclosure
2.1.4. Undertaking as to damages.
2.2. Inter parte application
2.2.1. Irreparable Damage
2.2.2. Delay
2.2.3. Examples of Injunctions granted
2.2.4. Examples of Injunction refused
3. Perpetual Injunction
3.1. Prohibitory Injunction
3.2. Mandatory Injunction

Part II Specific Types of Injunction
4. Preservation of assets : Mareva Injunction
5. Preservation of Evidence : Anton Piller relief
6. Companies
7. Quia Timet Injunction
8. Foreign Related injunctions and Anti-suit injunctions.
8.1 Assisting Foreign Proceedings
8.2 Anti-suit injunction
9. Injunctions affecting letters of credit, performance bonds and bank guarantees payable on demand or their proceeds.
10. Injunctions to preserve privileged information
10.1. Confidential Information
10.2. Legal Professional Privilege
10.3. State Secrets
10.4. Private Information and Super Injunctions

Part III Enforcement Aspects
11. Third party
12. Appointment of Interim Receiver
13. Contempt of court
14. Ancillary Orders : Disclosure orders, Norwich Pharmacal relief, and orders ancillary to injunctions
15. Post-Judgment injunctions

Part IV Discharge, variations and appeals
16. Discharge and variation
17. Appeals

Part V Costs
18. Costs

Forms
19. Forms
20. Practice Directions