Right of appeal against conviction for contempt for breach of bail. Citations: Gazette 22-Jul-1992 Statutes: Bail Act 1976 6(5) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Criminal Practice Updated: 25 October 2022; Ref: scu.87234
The defendant appealed against his sentence of 28 days imprisonment for contempt of court. He was late to court and warned that if he was late on the following day it would be treated as contempt. He was so late, and in his absence the judge made arrangements for his immediate detention pending a decision … Continue reading Regina v Lubega: CACD 1 Feb 1999
Proceedings were brought in England. The respondents sought a stay, saying the company was subject to insolvency proceedings in Germany. Held: Our domestic insolvency law was not applicable to foreign proceedings, and so could not be used to order a stay of proceedings here. (a) the English court has jurisdiction to determine Apex’s claim for … Continue reading Mazur Media Limited and Another v Mazur Media Gmbh in Others: ChD 8 Jul 2004
‘Surrender to custody’ means by section 2(2) in this context ‘surrendering himself into the custody of the court . . at the time and place for the time being appointed for him to do so.’ The failure to do that is by section 6(1) an offence. The offence may be dealt with according to section … Continue reading Schiavo v Anderton: QBD 1986
The appellant challenged a confiscation order made on his conviction of VAT fraud. It was argued that one could not be made unless a proper notice had been given, and none of the offences occurred before 1995. On the assumption that section 1 of the . .