Sentences with phrase «from civil contempt»

One of the substantive decisions this week involved an appeal from civil contempt findings.

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Nor shall anything herein be construed to deprive courts of their power, by civil contempt proceedings, without a jury, to secure compliance with or to prevent obstruction of, as distinguished from punishment for violations of, any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command of the court in accordance with the prevailing usages of law and equity, including the power of detention.

Yesterday, I was arrested and charged with Civil Contempt for failing to respect an injunction forbidding protesters from coming within 5 meters of the property where Kinder Morgan is trying to bring a pipeline for tar - sands bitumen to the Pacific.

Our expertise in the pursuit and defence of civil fraud claims, particularly in the commercial context, extends from the early advisory stages and the obtaining (or resisting) of urgent freezing and search order relief (including dealing with the cross-jurisdictional issues that may arise and enforcement through applications for contempt and other measures), through to trial and the tracing and recovery of assets both in the UK and internationally.

Accordingly, the judgment of civil contempt and the $ 100,000 fine which resulted from petitioner's refusal to comply with the production order in this respect must fall.

Accordingly, the judgment of civil contempt and the fine which resulted from petitioner's refusal to produce its membership lists must fall.

Mr. Mishra also points to a quote in the Mercedes Benz decision from a commentary published in 2001 by the Canadian Judicial Council titled «Some Guideline on the use of Contempt Powers» that supports a lenient approach when deciding a sentence for civil cContempt Powers» that supports a lenient approach when deciding a sentence for civil contemptcontempt.

A husband or wife might also wish to consider the possibility of whether a bankruptcy filing would protect that spouse from being held in civil, non-punitive, contempt of court by a Virginia state court judge for failing to abide by the terms of a family law court order.