Hickling v. Baker – WLR Daily

Posted April 12th, 2007 in committals, insolvency, law reports by sally

Hickling v. Baker [2007] EWCA Civ 287

“An application for a committal order under s 364 of the Insolvency Act 1986 where an undischarged bankrupt failed to co-operate with the trustee in bankruptcy should normally be made on notice, unless a statutory provision provided otherwise. Any other exception to that practice had to be justified by evidence. Further, any committal order made without notice should require that, once arrested, the person in question should be brought promptly before the court for a hearing in order to comply with art 5 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”

WLR Daily, 4th April 2007

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