A solicitor undertaking to repay client funds but who was dependent upon others to fulfil that undertaking and failed to warn of impossibility of fulfilment, was properly found in contempt of court and imprisoned for six months.
Citations:
Gazette 23-Sep-1998, Times 25-Sep-1998, [1999] 1 FLR 21
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Hole and Pugsley v Sumption ChD 5-Dec-2001
The applicant sought to be excused from performance of an undertaking given as a solicitor. They relied upon the Citadel Management case as authority that, if they took timely steps to warn the person in whose favour the undertaking had been given . .
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Legal Professions
Updated: 10 May 2022; Ref: scu.79139