Contempt in the Face of the Court in UK Law

  • Balogh v St. Albans Crown Court
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 04 July 1974
    ... ... To him it was no laughing matter. It was a very serious contempt of Court. Balogh said:- ... 2 "I am actually in the ... , he said, had only power to commit for contempt, "committed in the face of the Court", see Order 52 Rule l(2)(a)(ii). That expression, he said, ... ...
  • Morris v Crown Office
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 11 February 1970
    ... ... In The Supreme Court of Judicature Court of Appeal Appeals ... of them to three months imprisonment for contempt of Court. The others were kept in custody until ... for a contempt of the Court acted in the face of it." That is The King v. Almon 1765 ... ...
  • Attorney General v British Broadcasting Corporation
    • House of Lords
    • 12 June 1980
    ... ... was to come before the local valuation court at Andover on the 10th March 1978 ... 5 The ... before a court of law will constitute a contempt of court punishable by fine or imprisonment or ... where the contempt is committed in the face of the court or consists of disobedience to an ... ...
  • Savings & Investment Bank Ltd v Gasco Investments (Netherlands) B.v (No. 2)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 12 November 1987
    ... ... 87/1121 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL ... an application to commit to prison for contempt of court initiated separate "freestanding" ... county court judge to order committal in the face of a breach of an injunction which had, owing to ... ...
  • Maharaj v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (No. 2)
    • Privy Council
    • 1978
    ... ... 2) RESPONDENT ... [ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO] ... 1977 Dec ... - Barrister committed to prison for contempt on order of judge - Order quashed by Judicial ... Nevertheless, on the face of it the claim for redress for an alleged ... ...
  • Re David Duggan (Contempt in the face of the Court)
    • Family Division
    • 07 October 2022
  • Attorney General v Leveller Magazine Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 01 February 1979
    ... ... thereto, namely an Order of the Divisional Court of the Queen's Bench Division of Her Majesty's ... the Appellants be found not guilty of contempt of court: And it is further Ordered , That the ... adopting this particular device which on the face of it related only to how proceedings within the ... ...
  • Attorney General v Times Newspapers Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 25 July 1973
    ... ... But the Court of Appeal in April, 1972, reinstated these five ... -General maintaining that it was in contempt of Court. The Attorney-General decided to take no ... I think that this is conduct which is on the face of it an interference with the due course of law, ... ...
  • Anton Piller KG v Manufacturing Processes Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 08 December 1975
    ... ... Lord Justice Shaw ... In The Supreme Court of Judicature Court of Appeal Civil ... The householder can shut the door in his face and say "Get out". That was established in the ... not give permission, he is guilty of contempt of Court ... 11This may seem to be a search ... ...
  • M v P and Others; Butler v Butler
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 23 July 1992
    ... ... 92/0676 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL ... the appellant has been found guilty of contempt of court and has been sentenced to a term of ... , Mr Midwinter struck her violently in the face with a rolled up newspaper. Later in the day he ... ...
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