Attorney-General v Colchester Corporation: 1955

Lord Goddard said: ‘No authority has been quoted to show that an injunction will be granted enjoining a person to carry on a business, nor can I think that one ever would be, certainly not where the business is a losing concern.’

Judges:

Lord Goddard CJ

Citations:

[1955] 2 QB 207

Cited by:

CitedCo-Operative Insurance Society Ltd v Argyll Stores HL 21-May-1997
The tenants of a unit on a large shopping centre found the business losing money, and closed it in contravention of a ‘keep open’ clause in the lease. They now appealed from a mandatory injunction requiring them to keep the store open.
Held: . .
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Litigation Practice

Updated: 10 May 2022; Ref: scu.247888