Course description
Contempt of court underpins everything all lawyers do. This can be in seeking compliance with orders or undertakings or bringing committal proceedings. Family litigation - both children and money cases - involve an understanding of the principles of contempt of court as much as any other litigation as is reflected in the number of committal cases emanating from the family courts.
Presented by barrister Sarah Lucy Cooper, an experienced specialist Family Lawyer with a particular emphasis on international cases, this live and interactive session will look at how to bring committal proceedings successfully, the interaction with criminal proceedings and whether there should be committal proceedings, penalties for committal, as well as international aspects of contempt of court, and recent case law.
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Introduction
Contempt of court underpins everything all lawyers do. This can be in seeking compliance with orders or undertakings or bringing committal proceedings.
Family litigation - both children and money cases - involve an understanding of the principles of contempt of court as much as any other litigation as is reflected in the number of committal cases emanating from the family courts.
What You Will Learn
This live and interactive session will cover the following:
- How to bring committal proceedings successfully - a review of the FPR, CPR and recent caselaw - get it right first time
- Interaction with criminal proceedings - should there be committal proceedings?
- Penalties for committal
- International aspects of contempt of court - do undertakings work overseas?
- Recent caselaw
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