While the general rule is that a Court will not hear an application for his own benefit by a person in contempt unless and until he has first purged his contempt, there is an established exception to that general rule where the purpose of the application is to appeal against, or have set aside, on whatever ground or grounds, the very order disobedience of which has put the person concerned in contempt.
Judges:
Brandon LJ
Citations:
[1981] 2 Lloyds Rep 595
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal from – The ‘Messiniaki Tolmi’ 1983
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Cited by:
Cited – Motorola Credit Corporation v Uzan and others (No 2) CA 12-Jun-2003
World-wide freezing orders had been made under the 1982 Act. The defendants were members of a Turkish family with substantial business interests in the telecommunications industry. In breach of orders made in the US some defendants had sought to . .
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Contempt of Court
Updated: 09 September 2022; Ref: scu.183507
