Judges:
Leggatt, Morris, Phillips LJJ
Citations:
[1997] EWCA Civ 1586, [1997] 1 WLR 1256
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Criticised in part – Sofroniou v Szgetti 25-Jul-1990
(Federal Court of Australia) The court has a discretion to enforce a breach of an order by committal despite the absence of a formal penal notice. The discretion conferred by RSC.Ord.45 r.7(6) applied not only when there had been no service at all . .
Cited by:
Cited – ABC and Others v CDE and Others QBD 3-Nov-2009
The first claimant sought committal of the first defendant for contempt of court, alleging breach of a freezing order, saying that the defendant had created a sham debt and repaid it.
Held: There had been no genuine loan agreement, and the . .
Cited – Hydropool Hot Tubs Ltd v Roberjot and Another ChD 4-Feb-2011
The parties disputed ownership of a customer database. An interim order had been made prohibiting the defendants’ from its use pending trial. A mandatory order had been made for the disclosure of a list of contacts made, and the claimant complained . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Contempt of Court
Updated: 16 September 2022; Ref: scu.141982