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Contempt of Court (Volume 24 (2019))

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Contempt of Court (Volume 24 (2019))

4. Procedure and Powers of Court

97. False statements.

103. Procedure on inquiry or hearing under the Criminal Procedure Rules.

91. Punishment of criminal contempt.

93. Committal.

94. Contempt in the face of the court.

95. Sequestration.

96. Interference with due administration of justice.

99. Application to commit for civil contempt in criminal proceedings.

100. Inquiry as to criminal contempt in criminal proceedings.

104. Evidence.

105. Hearsay evidence.

106. Committal.

108. Fines and security for good behaviour.

109. Other remedies.

110. Committal.

111. Sequestration.

112. Fine.

113. Other remedies.

98. Requirements and service of a contempt application.

115. Position of party in contempt.

116. Right of appeal.

101. Application for writ of sequestration.

117. Appeal to Court of Appeal.

102. Hearing in public.

119. Appeal to Supreme Court.

120. Bail pending appeal.

121. Powers of courts on appeal.

114. Costs.

118. Appeal to High Court.

92. Punishment of civil contempt.

107. Suspension of committal order.

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2. Criminal Contempt

4. Characteristics.

5. Actus reus and mens rea.

6. Conduct amounting to contempt.

8. Insults to the court and scandalising the court.

10. Photographing or sketching in court.

11. Making a Sound Recording in Court.

12. Enabling Recording of Court Proceedings.

13. Use of live text-based forms of communication.

14. Contempt by witnesses.

16. Contempt by litigants, counsel or solicitors.

17. Refusal to disclose sources of information contained in a publication.

18. Conduct amounting to contempt.

20. Definition of scope of the strict liability rule.

22. Substantial risk that the course of justice in the proceedings in question will be seriously impeded or prejudiced.

24. Proceedings active at the time of publication.

25. Defence of innocent publication or distribution.

27. Consent required for institution of proceedings.

28. Publications exempted from the strict liability rule.

29. In general.

30. Examples of publications which may be in contempt at common law.

32. Proceedings pending or imminent.

35. Defamation proceedings.

36. Contemporary reports of proceedings.

38. Restrictions on reporting of criminal proceedings.

39. Restrictions on reporting of civil proceedings.

40. Publication of matters exempted from disclosure in court.

41. Judges and juries.

42. Witnesses.

43. Parties.

44. Obstructing officers of the court in general.

48. Receivers, liquidators, sequestrators.

49. Enforcement officers, bailiffs, Admiralty Marshal.

50. Wards of court.

51. Persons suffering from mental disorder.

52. Abuse of process in general.

54. Solicitors.

56. Sheriffs and bailiffs.

58. Jurors.

62. Tribunals under the Inquiries Act 2005.

61. Contempt of inferior courts.

64. Courts martial.

7. Assault committed in court.

9. Interruption of court proceedings.

15. Contempt by jurors.

19. The strict liability rule.

21. Meaning of 'publication' for the purpose of the strict liability rule.

23. Burden and standard of proof.

26. Defence available at common law.

31. Relevant date.

33. Institution of proceedings.

34. Persons liable for contempt.

37. Publication of tape-recording of legal proceedings.

45. Process servers.

46. Solicitors.

47. Counsel.

53. In general.

55. Receivers and sequestrators.

57. Counsel.

59. Judges of inferior courts.

60. Interference with the court's documents.

63. Other tribunals.

3. Civil Contempt

65. Disobedience to process.

66. Unintentional disobedience.

72. Power of court to punish by committal or sequestration.

73. Breach of injunction.

74. Disobedience to order for possession of land or delivery of goods.

75. Arbitration awards; mandatory orders etc; habeas corpus.

76. Enforcing attendance.

79. False disclosure statements and false statements in documents verified by statement of truth.

80. Bankruptcy.

81. Investigation of companies.

83. Breach of undertaking.

84. Breach of obligations by solicitors.

86. Effect of Debtors Act 1869.

87. Committal for non-payment of judgment debts.

88. The Crown.

89. Disobedience to orders of magistrates' court.

90. Aiding and abetting breach of order.

67. Where misconduct is involved.

68. Orders improperly obtained.

69. Waiver.

70. Non-parties.

71. The Crown.

77. Disobedience to other orders.

78. Disobedience to orders of magistrates' court.

82. Charity Commission.

85. Order for payment of money.

5. Execution and Discharge

122. Mode of execution.

123. Privilege from arrest.

125. Discharge without order.

126. Discharge by court order.

127. Mode of application for discharge.

128. Costs.

124. Prison treatment.

129. Pardon.

130. Execution of writ.

131–200. Discharge of writ.

1. Introduction

1. Scope of title.

2. Kinds of contempt.

3. Contempt of Court Act 1981.