The claimant applied to commit the seventh defendant, Stephen Jones, to prison for contempt of court. The contempt related to breaches of certain undertakings given to the court and breaches of disclosure provisions contained in a freezing injunction. Jirehouse was regulated by the SRA and the relevant orders were made…
The judge’s decision to remand the appellant in custody overnight, whilst considering contempt, was described by the Court of Appeal as a “misuse of judicial power”. Further, “the judge’s response to Mr Jarvis’s disclosure that he had spoken to somebody else while the case was adjourned overnight about a matter…