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Although Injunctions can be used for many purposes – restraining noisy neighbours, freezing bank accounts, preventing a parent taking a child out of the United Kingdom, ordering that a building be demolished etc – they are probably most commonly encountered when a relationship such as marriage or co-habitation breaks down. They are very often useful in these circumstances when one of the parties, or a child of the relationship, is being pestered, harassed or, sometimes, threatened with violence. Such Injunctions are usually temporary and time limited but that is often enough to allow time for tempers to cool.
The most Injunctions are those which order a person not to harass or pester the other and/or keep away from certain places or people. Sometimes one person is ordered out of the matrimonial home (which, in these circumstances, can also mean the home of a co-habitating couple) and, in cases where there is a real risk of violence.
Injunctions are in any event certainly not routine in the case of the breakdown of a relationship and are very much an exception. Nevertheless, there existence can have a sobering effect on many people who might otherwise be tempted to behave rashly.
Most couples resolve their differences without this degree of physical confrontation but Injunctions are available as a last resort.
Injunctions almost always require legal assistance and advice so if you require any further assistance in connection with domestic violence proceedings please contact us.
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