Sentences with phrase «called civil contempt»
While it is called civil contempt, the applicant must meet the criminal standard of proof.
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He said the police had consecutively invaded the residence of the two claimants, humiliated, extorted, and publicly embarrassed them over civil matter in contempt of the court and called on the Inspector General of Police to urgently intervene to protect sanctity of the judiciary and the rule of law.
He called my attention to the case of Chiang (and Trustee of) v. Chiang, [2009] O.J. 41 where the Court of Appeal observed that custodial sentences for civil contempt are rare, and that ordinarily incarceration is a sanction of last resort.