In summary, the Supreme Court's latest decision in the JSC BTA Bank litigation adds to the civil fraud litigator's toolkit: he can now raise a claim in conspiracy
founded on contempts of court; he may be able to bring a damages claim for simple contempt; and he can sue in England where there is a good arguable case that a conspiracy has been hatched here.
Anderson Cooper of CNN reacts to Dr. Gottman's
findings on contempt in this short clip:
Not exact matches
In a 35 - minute hearing
on Wednesday, Spath
found Baker in
contempt for his refusal.
For sure, Mr. Moore would be
on surer footing here if the Conservative Party of Canada hadn't pleaded guilty to violating election spending limits in 2008 and if the Harper government wasn't the only government in this country's history to have been
found in
contempt of Parliament and if the RCMP wasn't said to be presently investigating Mr. Harper's former chief of staff and and if two Conservative MPs weren't presently in court with Elections Canada and if the Prime Minister hadn't left for Peru without facing the House
on the first day that Parliament was in session after the deal between Mr. Wright and Mr. Duffy was revealed and if the Prime Minister hadn't fail to show up in the House
on the following Monday and if Mr. Duffy hadn't remained a Conservative senator for awhile despite having apparently claimed a housing allowance he shouldn't have.
Both are
found In
Contempt of Congress: The Reagan Record
on Central America, The Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, D.C., 1987, pp. 8 - 9.
On January 4, 2002, BC Supreme Court Justice Blair
found Lemay guilty of criminal
contempt of court for attending ten births over a five - month period in defiance or the court injunction.
She was
found guilty of
contempt by the British courts, but later
found not guilty
on appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.
A 2010 study
on backlash against female politicians
found that «participants experienced feelings of moral outrage» such as
contempt, anger, and disgust when women politicians were described as power - seeking.
Few of Trump's actions have touched a nerve among Latinos across the political spectrum in the United States quite like his pardon of Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff who was
found guilty of criminal
contempt after defying a federal judge's order to stop targeting Latinos based solely
on suspicion of their immigration status.
The three; Alistair Nelson, Godwin Ako Gunn and Salifu Maase, alias Mugabe, were sentenced to four months in jail
on Wednesday, after they were
found guilty of
contempt.
The committed has reported Mr Cummings to the parliamentary authorities, setting the ball rolling
on a process which could
find him in
contempt of Parliament.
The Bawku Central MP, who made the bribery claims, was
found guilty of
contempt of Parliament, following investigations by the committee which concluded that «Mr. Mahama Ayariga is in Contempt of Parliament on the strength of Article 122 of the 1992 Constitution, Section 32 of the Parliament Act, 1965 (Act 300) and Orders 28 and 30 (2) of the Standing Orders of Parliament
contempt of Parliament, following investigations by the committee which concluded that «Mr. Mahama Ayariga is in
Contempt of Parliament on the strength of Article 122 of the 1992 Constitution, Section 32 of the Parliament Act, 1965 (Act 300) and Orders 28 and 30 (2) of the Standing Orders of Parliament
Contempt of Parliament
on the strength of Article 122 of the 1992 Constitution, Section 32 of the Parliament Act, 1965 (Act 300) and Orders 28 and 30 (2) of the Standing Orders of Parliament.»
The incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC), has condemned the four - month jail - term given to the host of the «Pampaso» show
on Accra - based Montie FM, Salifu Maase, alias Mugabe, and the two panelists, Alistair Nelson and Godwin Ako Gunn, after they were
found guilty of
contempt.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgeral, R - Juneau, signs orders
finding the 14 missing Democrats in
contempt at the state Capitol in Madison
on Thursday.
Hirsch's McCandless never casts judgment
on those who lead lives he
finds empty, a remarkable job of acting for a young relatively - unknown talent and an interesting choice, as the headstrong lad was likely riding
on a bit of hubris and
contempt for the sham from which he was escaping.
If I had to pick somebody who might
find his way into the short list of the curators deciding
on who gets the prize at Texas Contemporary, I might cast my vote for Lora Reynolds Gallery artist Colby Bird, who has a show of his new work, House Lamps, up through October 18th at Texas State University gallery (see this link), and appears to be moving a little closer to Robert Gober, an influence that might appear natural to those who know that his earlier work, Dust Breeds
Contempt, paid homage to a photograph by Man Ray that followed the accumulation of dust
on Duchamp's The Large Glass.
I like the verdict of the Economist, which
found the critique «strong
on contempt and sneering, but weak
on substance,» and noted the strange attitude in the headline: «Science defends itself against the Skeptical Environmentalist.»
The Appellant was later
found in
contempt of these injunctions, but from December 2009
on abided by their terms.
Another US court
found that clicking
on «Like»
on the Facebook page of someone who has a restraining order against any contact by the clicker is
contempt of the restraining order.
The judge released Gloston, but ordered her to return to court the following day with a lawyer for a hearing
on whether he should
find her in
contempt and possibly detain her.
For example, in Khrapunov v JSC BTA Bank the English Court of Appeal confirmed that an individual in Switzerland who participated in breaches of a worldwide freezing order was susceptible to a claim for unlawful means conspiracy — notwithstanding that he was outside the jurisdiction of the English court (and therefore not bound by the freezing order or susceptible to an order
finding him in
contempt) and that the actions he took (moving monies
on instructions from their owner) were otherwise lawful.
An Ottawa lawyer who skipped court dates to go
on vacation will
find out today whether he has done enough to have his
contempt citation purged.
LL had been locked up for nine weeks for
contempt found by Russell J before being freed
on appeal by the Court of Appeal.
A hearing
on this petition occurred
on March 14, 2007, at which the mother was
found in
contempt for reasons stated.
The motion Judge
found that the mother «had effectively abdicated her parental authority
on the issue of access» and
found her in
contempt of the access order.
Toyne says the ruling reaffirms the 2001 decision
on contempt in T.G. Industries v. Williams at the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, also written by Cromwell, and clarifies any confusion with regards to the rare situations when lawyers are
found to be in
contempt.
The media defendants were also
found guilty of criminal
contempt of court
on March 13, 2017 for violating the permanent injunction not to continue to discredit Senator Enverga.
Cusipag, who was recently
found guilty of criminal
contempt, will still be
on the hook for $ 340,000 plus $ 16,000 in additional costs.
After the cases ended, Arpaio was
found guilty in July of
contempt of court for violating a federal judge's order to stop detaining citizens based only
on a suspicion they were in the country illegally.
Joe Arpaio, the former Sheriff of Maricopa County, AZ, was
found guilty of criminal
contempt of court by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton
on July 31, 2017.
Yelp refused to comply with this order while the appeal was being prepared, and was subsequently held in
contempt (a
finding that is also being sought to be reversed
on appeal).
On Monday, Dane County Circuit Court Judge Juan Colas issued an order
finding the two - members of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission in
contempt of court for continuing to process re-certification elections involving school district employees.
In the first New York appellate decision to rule
on the issue, the Appellate Division, Second Department held in its February 28, 2018 opinion in Spencer v. Spencer, that violations of matrimonial action «Automatic Orders» can be grounds for a
finding of civil
contempt, but an application for that relief must be made before the entry of the judgment of divorce.
On appeal, Johnson argued that the procedure by which he was
found in
contempt, being arrested without being served with the rule to show cause, violated due process.
Self - represented litigants «treated with
contempt» by many judges, study
finds: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Self+represented+litigants+treated+with+
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When the matter resumed, the motion judge allowed Mr. Carey to reopen the
contempt motion, and she
found,
on the basis of Mr. Carey's testimony, she was not satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt Mr. Carey had deliberately violated the Mareva order or his interpretation of it was willfully blind.
Self - represented litigants «treated with
contempt» by many judges, study
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«In future, it may be more difficult to
find someone guilty of
contempt of court» based
on interpretation of words, such as Nadeau - Dubois's comments in his television interview, he says.
Two men have been
found to be in
contempt of court after posting photos from court
on Facebook.
The applicant's motivation will not prevent a
finding of
contempt, but may weigh heavily both
on sanction and costs.
[155] Based
on our review of the documents downloaded from the Zundelsite, and the expert evidence of Professors Prideaux and Schweitzer, we
find that the material contained in Exhibit HR - 2 is likely to expose a person or group of persons to hatred or
contempt by reason of the fact that those persons are identifiable
on the basis of a prohibited ground of discrimination.
Although he violated the court order in various ways, the court declined to
find the consultant in
contempt of the court order based
on his providing services to clients in Ontario.
The decision handed down
on 27th April 2018
found fourteen allegations of
contempt relating to false statements by Mr Atwal to be proven.
Although it has not been used since the early part of the last century, a chamber may
on its own send its Sergeant - at - Arms to arrest the individual
found in
contempt.
In reading a recent article that suggested Steve Bannon might be
found in «
contempt of congress», I realized that there's no information
on what the penalty for that might be, unlike the statutorily defined penalties for
contempt of court.
However,
on appeal in October 2015, the Court set aside the
contempt finding as there was no outstanding order at the time to be the subject of
contempt, ordered another access review to be held by February 2016, and reduced the costs award to $ 200,000.
Based
on the evidence he accepted, he was entitled to
find that Bortolon's
contempt had been proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
The motion judge also
found 236 in
contempt and approved a request for a default judgment against it,
on grounds that it was unlikely that BDC would ever be able to obtain a fair trial.
Justice Brown also
found Ms A in
contempt on a variety of other highly subjective matters, including that she «refused to respond in a reasonable fashion to the yearly access schedule» (para 288), and her «misleading of the children about the litigation» (para 114)(the guardianship order including a prohibition
on discussing the litigation with the children.
Judicial responses to alienation include: ordering an assessment; ordering supervised access
on a permanent basis; intervention in the early stages of the dispute, before the problem has had time to become «true» alienation, or in the early years of a child's development; changing custody
on a temporary basis; determining whether «pure» or «mixed» alienation is taking place; keeping the courts involved; suggesting counselling; making a
finding of
contempt; making a no - contact order; involving the Children's Aid Society; not making a parallel parenting order; meeting with the children; and in extreme cases, putting the alienating parent's actions
on court record, in hopes that if the child revisits the issue as an adult, they may be able to see what actually took place.