A wardship court may not order the detention of a person after an arrest without a finding first of contempt.
Citations:
Times 24-May-1994, [1994] 2 FLR 479
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Zakharov and Others v White and Others ChD 28-Oct-2003
The defendant challenged a bench warrant issued out of the Chancery Division for his arrest. He said the lack of any written procedure made it non-compliant with his human rights, and a warrant could not be issued without a finding of contempt.
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Children, Contempt of Court
Updated: 26 October 2022; Ref: scu.81611
