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26 January 2024
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Law digests: 26 January 2024

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Barrister

Ahmed v Rehman [2023] EWCA Civ 1504, [2024] All ER (D) 35 (Jan)

The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, allowed an appeal by the appellant barrister from a decision to commit him to prison for six weeks and fined £9,000 for breach of an undertaking to the court. The committal application had been made against an LLP, however the appellant had been sentenced. The court had jurisdiction to commit not only an LLP but also its principals. But it could only exercise that jurisdiction over any particular individual if the procedural requirements for a committal had been complied with, or waived. There were serious deficiencies in the procedure adopted on the present occasion. However egregious the conduct of an alleged contemnor, he was entitled to the procedural protection afforded by the rules. The appeal should be allowed on procedural grounds.

Contempt of court

UK Insurance Ltd v Ali and others [2024] EWHC 30 (KB), [2024] All ER (D) 41 (Jan)

The King’s Bench Division (the court) ruled on the claimant insurance

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