The court was asked as to its jurisdiction to make a committal order for contempt after a false statement was lodged in County Court proceedings transferred to the High Court.
Held: Although contempt proceedings have to be brought in the High Court whereas the underlying proceedings may be in the county court, there should be no practical difficulty in that regard.
Judges:
Mummery, Richards, Rimer LJJ
Citations:
[2011] EWCA Civ 1582, [2012] 1 WLR 1868, [2012] CP Rep 12
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Ramet, Re Application for The Committal To Prison FD 22-Jan-2014
Whilst the judge was delivering her judgment in a child custody dispute the father physically attacked the mother across the well of the court, and a court clerk who came to assist her. He now faced contempt proceedings after being sentenced to . .
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Contempt of Court
Updated: 04 October 2022; Ref: scu.450101
