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Contempt Of Court: All bark and no bite?
Andrew Keltie, Henry Garfield and Andrew Matheson review recent case law on contempt Allegations of contempt often require the applicant to prove to the criminal standard of proof that an individual has lied or deliberately misled the court. The Court of Appeal recently had some damning words for Kazakh businessman Mukhtar Ablyazov in his unsuccessful …
Cases Referenced
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- Home Office v Harman [1983] 1 AC 280
- JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov [2012] EWCA Civ 1411; [2013] EWCA Civ 928; [2015] UKSC 64
- JSC BTA Bank v Solodchenko & ors [2012] EWHC 1891 (Ch)
- Lamari; R (on application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWHC 1895 (Admin)
- Masri v Consolidated Contractors International Company SAL [2008] EWCA Civ 625; [2011] EWHC 1780 (Comm); [2011] EWHC 2579 (Comm)
- OB v Director of the SFO [2012] EWCA Crim 67
- Templeton Insurance Ltd v Motorcare Warranties Ltd [2012] EWHC 2309 (QB)
- Turner v Rogers 564 US 10-10 2011 (