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The Government of Sierra Leone v Davenport and others: CA 2002

An application was made to commit a defendant for contempt of court in failing to comply with parts of a court order.
Held: He was found to have been in contempt but the failure had been cured and no penalty beyond costs was imposed on him.

Judges:

Lasw LJ

Citations:

[2002] EWCA Civ 230

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

See AlsoThe Government of Sierra Leone v Davenport and others ChD 7-Nov-2003
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CitedWood v Collins CA 11-May-2006
W appealed a sentence (28 days suspended) for contempt of court by her estranged husband, saying it had been too lenient. The respondent had been committed for contempt of court. He had his sentence reduced on appeal. She now sought to appeal in . .
CitedOffice of Fair Trading v Miller CA 3-Feb-2009
Order must be clear to found contempt charge
The defendant appealed against a finding of contempt of court after being found to have sold defective kitchen equipment in breach of a stop order. The defendant had been previously committed for breach of the same order, and released on his . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Contempt of Court

Updated: 09 December 2022; Ref: scu.242939

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