Sentences with phrase «consultation on contempt»
In February 2014 I was pleased to be invited by the Law Commission, along with my City University London colleague Claire de Than, to discuss the draft version of a new report on court reporting, part of a wider consultation on contempt of court.
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A statement signed and released on Monday, 22 August by Communications Minister Dr. Edward Omane Boamah said: «The President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, has, in consultation with the Council of State and in exercise of his constitutional powers under Article 72 of the Constitution, remitted the remainder of the prison sentence imposed on three persons: Salifu Maase (alias Mugabe), Alistair Nelson, and Ako Gunn, who were sentenced to four months» imprisonment and a fine of GHS10, 000.00 each for contempt of court.
«The purpose of our consultation is to ask how, in a modern, internet - connected society, the law of contempt can continue to support the principles that criminal cases should be tried only on the evidence heard in court,» Professor David Ormerod, who is leading the consultation, said.
The Commission has provided quite a number of consultation documents, including one on contempt of court in other jurisdictions including Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Ireland.