JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov: [2012] EWCA Civ 1411; [2012] WLR (D) 308
“The court had jurisdiction to make an order barring a defendant, who had absconded following his committal for contempt, from defending the claims against him unless within a stated period he both surrendered to custody and made proper disclosure of all his assets and dealings with them.”
WLR Daily, 6th November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Criminals will face justice far more quickly as court committal hearings are abolished in dozens of areas of England and Wales from today [5 November].”
Ministry of Justice, 5th November 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Law Society v McPhail [2011] WLR (D) 45
“In the interests of fairness, a person charged with contempt of court whose liberty was therefore at stake should be able to appear at a hearing to answer points raised by his accusers.”
WLR Daily, 14th February 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Broomleigh Housing Association Ltd v Okonkwo [2010] EWCA Civ 1113; [2010] WLR (D) 251
“If, following an application by a creditor for an order to gain information from a judgment debtor, the debtor failed to attend court the judge should not use a committal order, even when suspended, as little more than a vehicle for fixing a date for an effective adjourned hearing. A judge had a discretion whether to make such an order and should exercise it, and be seen to exercise it, with due regard to its seriousness.”
WLR Daily, 13th October 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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In re B (Minors) (Contact order: Enforcement)
Court of Appeal
“Where a local authority was in breach of a contact order, it was enforceable by committal for contempt of court.”
The Times, 19th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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In re B (Minors) (Contact Order: Enforcement); [2009] WLR (D) 73
“A contact order made under s 34 of the Children Act 1989 in the county court was enforceable by committal for contempt of court, and the court had jurisdiction to attach to a penal notice directed to the local authority in whose care the relevant child was.”
WLR Daily, 2nd March 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Committal hearing should be separate from contact case
Court of Appeal
“It was not appropriate to hear contact proceedings at the same time as committal proceedings.”
The Times, 12th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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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
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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