On an application by a contemnor to be purged of his contempt, the judge could only answer ‘Yes’, ‘No’, or ‘Not Yet.’ It was not right to add further complexity to release the contemnor, but with some further part of his sentence suspended. The powers of the court in such applications need to be clear and simple.
Judges:
Lord Justice Thorpe, Lord Justice Waller and Lord Justice Mantell
Citations:
Times 19-Nov-2001, Gazette 10-Jan-2002, [2001] EWCA Civ 1645, [2002] Fam 253, [2002] 1 All ER 185, [2001] 3 FCR 640, [2002] Fam Law 93, [2002] 2 WLR 747, [2002] 1 FLR 248
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Overruled – Harris v Harris; Harris v Attorney General FD 21-May-2001
The applicant had been committed for ten months for contempt, being in breach of family court injunctions. He applied to be released after two months on the basis that the unserved balance of the sentence be suspended. The court held that it had the . .
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Contempt of Court, Family
Updated: 04 June 2022; Ref: scu.166836