Sentences with word «contemnor»

In a completely related item, I just finished my second day of cross examining an alleged contemnor in a rule to -LSB-...]

Anti corruption crusader, Sydney Casely Hayford has said the decision by some prominent members of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) to sign a petition for presidential pardon for the three Montie FM contemnors suggests that the party is lawless.

In an article in New Law Journal, Corker Binning partner Nicola Finnerty and assistant Gemma Tombs comment on the severe penalties for non compliance with court orders, even for contemnors living abroad.

In many countries the laws on contempt are being reviewed to check the sweeping powers that it gives the court to investigate, prosecute and sentence contemnors in their own cases.

Regan argued that a moving party in a contempt hearing should be obliged to cross-examine the alleged contemnor on his evidence if there is an intention to contradict it.

Mr. Okudzeto told Class News that: «They [contemnors] threatened judges, which is a criminal offence, the [Attorney General] refused to prosecute the people and now should he [Mr Mahama] free them that is going to be his own funeral.

In civil contempt cases, and provided they are not repeat contemnors, many are given the option of purging their contempt.

He further suggested that, President Mahama, might have pardoned the Montie FM contemnors to «resume their attacks» on their flagbearer.

Commenting on the sentencing of the three contemnors on Class Fm, the KNUST lecturer explained «The president can make political capital of what is going on right now.

Citing a previous Attorney General opinion, the Court of Appeals noted «If, however, an alleged contemnor is not personally served with the rule to show cause, the family court may, pursuant to the provisions of section 20-7-870 [now § 63-17-390], use the scheduled court time to conduct a hearing to determine whether there is «competent proof» of disobedience of the court order.

Apart from the jail sentence, each of the three contemnors has been fined a sum of GHS10, 000.

READ ALSO: Police Commander arrested for GH cents 1.6 m gold fraud The applicants also want an order directed at the «contemnors» to reconstruct the demolished structures.

He said the contemnors left the prison very early today [Friday] because they didn't want the pomp and pageantry.

One of the Lawyers of the two radio panelists, incarcerated in the infamous «Montie 3» contempt case, George Loh has revealed that they are happy they have the contemnors back.

One of the contemnors and radio host Salifu Maase known as «Mugabe» had blamed his provocative comments on the absence of his producer.

Another contemnor, Alistair Nelson also blamed his vitriolic statements on a mental condition akin to Epilespy.

«The decision of His Excellency the President to remit their sentences on compassionate grounds follows a petition submitted to him by the contemnors appealing to the President to exercise his prerogative of mercy even as they continue to express deep remorse and regret for the unacceptable statements they made against the Judiciary,» the statement said.

Prior to the pardoning, top officials of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) signed a petition calling on the President to free the contemnors claiming the sentencing was harsh and also because they had apologized for their acts.

Akin to the saying that every cloud has a silver lining, a lecturer at the Department of History and Political Science of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science Technology, Dr Edward Brenya, has said President John Mahama can make political gains out the imprisonment of the Montie FM contemnors.

Akua Donkor denied making such intervention in public for the contemnors who are currently serving a 4 month jail term in Nsawam.

However, former President John Mahama remitted the jail term after some Ministers and leading members of the National Democratic Congress petitioned him since the contemnors were perceived NDC loyalists.

Speaking to Paul Adom - Otchere, Host of Metro TV's Good Evening Ghana on Tuesday, the President said he also believes that the four - month sentence was harsh for the crime in question; and that the contemnors had showed ample remorse for their actions.

The Progressive People's Party's (PPP) booklet, which is taking signatures to compel President John Mahama against freeing the Montie 3 contemnors, has been mysteriously stolen by unknown thugs.

Lawyers for the three jailed Montie FM contemnors have described the Progressive People's Party's campaign against freeing the convicts as «much ado about nothing».

A comment by a former president of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Mr. Sam Okudzeto, that president would be planning his own funeral if he gave in to the pressure mounting on him to grant presidential pardon to the three Montie FM contemnors — Godwin Ako Gunn, Alistair Nelson and Salifu Maase — is a threat to Ghana's democracy, Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said.

Once it becomes clear that it's not gonna work, the contemnor (yes, spell - check, it is a word) is supposed to be released.

The Court also has the discretion to set aside a finding of contempt if the contemnor complies with the order (which is easier to do when the order is mandatory as opposed to prohibitory).

The dominant strain in the jurisprudence for the past several decades has held that an intention to commit the act that breached the order is sufficient, and whether or not the contemnor intended to breach the order is a matter to be considered when determining the appropriate sanction.

This aspect of the decision appears to preclude the adoption of jurisprudence from the United Kingdom that recognizes the Court's discretion to set aside a finding of contempt even if the contemnor has not — or can not — comply with the order.

«The most significant aggravating factor to be considered in the cases before the court is the public and open declaration by the contemnors that the order of this court or of any court will not be respected or obeyed if it allows exploration or drilling on its traditional land.

Because the conduct of all contemnors is flagrant and defiant and will be repeated.

All contemnors lack the ability to pay a fine.

A contemnor is subject to a range of judicial sanctions which, to a large extent, depends on whether the contempt was civil contempt or criminal contempt.

A contemnor - a person found to have committed contempt of court - may be an individual or a corporation.

Generally, however, a contemnor faces a fine and, in the more egregious cases only, a term of imprisonment.

If there is such proof, the family court may issue a warrant for the contemnor's arrest, which would be based on section 20-7-870, rather than the failure to respond to the rule to show cause.»