Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2001] All ER (D) 02 (Jul)
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:

Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss P and Thorpe LJ

Representation Christopher Felstead (instructed by Johnson Partnership, Nottingham) for the husband.
Judgment Dates: 2 July 2001

Catchwords

Contempt - Committal - Order - Effect of procedural defects - Husband subject of non-molestation and exclusion order - Husband breaching injunction - Committal order containing procedural defects - Whether committal order to be set aside.

The Case

On the facts of the instant case, the procedural defects in a committal order had not caused any prejudice or injustice to the contemnor and the court would not set aside the committal order.

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