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The [[injunction]] is an [[equitable]] remedy that originated in the English [[Courts of chancery|courts of equity]] to provide redress for wrongs which cannot be effectively remedied by an award of money [[damages]]. (The doctrine that reflects this is the requirement that an [[injunction]] can be given only when there is "no adequate remedy at law.") M’lud I don’t want money. I want him to stop doing what he’s doing, that he promised he wouldn't.
The [[injunction]] is an [[equitable]] [[remedy]] that originated in the English [[Courts of chancery|courts of equity]] to provide redress for wrongs for which an award of money [[damages]] doesn’t quite scratch the itch. An [[injunction]] can be given only when there is "no adequate remedy at law." So, “M’lud I don’t want money. I want him to stop doing what he’s doing, that he promised he wouldn't.” Obvious examples  where this principal is fairly self-evidently so are [[Confidentiality obligation - Confi Provision|confidentiality obligations]].


The common conception, at least among the draughtspeople of [[confidentiality agreement]]s, is that counterparties who expressly acknowledge that their contractual obligations are not of the type where damages are necessarily an adequate remedy improve a litigant’s odds of winning an injunction later. It is common see confidentiality agreements to just that.  
The common conception, at least among the draughtspeople of [[confidentiality agreement]]s, is that counterparties who expressly acknowledge that their contractual obligations are not of the type where [[damages]] are necessarily an adequate remedy improve a litigant’s odds of winning an injunction later. It is common see confidentiality agreements to just that.  


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*{{confiprov|Remedies}} in the context of our lovely [[Confi Anatomy]]
*{{confiprov|Remedies}} in the context of our lovely [[Confi Anatomy]]

Revision as of 16:11, 13 May 2019

The injunction is an equitable remedy that originated in the English courts of equity to provide redress for wrongs for which an award of money damages doesn’t quite scratch the itch. An injunction can be given only when there is "no adequate remedy at law." So, “M’lud I don’t want money. I want him to stop doing what he’s doing, that he promised he wouldn't.” Obvious examples where this principal is fairly self-evidently so are confidentiality obligations.

The common conception, at least among the draughtspeople of confidentiality agreements, is that counterparties who expressly acknowledge that their contractual obligations are not of the type where damages are necessarily an adequate remedy improve a litigant’s odds of winning an injunction later. It is common see confidentiality agreements to just that.

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