Sentences with phrase «involving civil contempt»
a case involving civil contempt of court must be filed within 14 days, beginning with the date of the refusal of permission by the court below; and
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Representation of minority shareholders in home healthcare franchising companies in various state court litigation involving breach of fiduciary duty, breach of a shareholders» agreement, fraud and other tort claims, including successfully prosecuting charges for violation of court orders freezing millions of corporate funds, resulting in a civil contempt judgment that included a jail sentence.
The Court did, however, imply that claims for compensation that do not involve a straightforward causation analysis may not be appropriate for the summary nature of civil contempt proceedings.
Mark Whittaker, insurance partner at DWF, that represented Brighton and Hove, says: «It is an extremely rare case because it is one of the few occasions where contempt of court proceedings have been pursued in a civil court and also as the case only related to the witnesses involved and not to the claimant herself.»
«It is the established rule of this Court that the proper method of reviewing a judgment for civil contempt of the kind here involved is by a petition for common law writ of certiorari...»
One of the substantive decisions this week involved an appeal from civil contempt findings.