JSC BTA Bank v Solodchenko and Others: ChD 17 May 2011

The claimant applied to commit a defendant to prison for contempt of court for failure to comply with the disclosure provisions in an international freezing order served personally on him in Cyprus. After service of the freezing order and the substituted service of the committal application, he had made no response, either by communicating with the Bank or with the court, or by instructing legal representatives to do so. He had not attended nor offered any excuse for not doing so.

Judges:

Briggs J

Citations:

[2011] EWHC B11 (Ch)

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Contempt of Court

Updated: 13 September 2022; Ref: scu.440233