FW Farnsworth Ltd v Lacy

On sentencing for civil contempt by breach of a court order, the court should weigh a structured list of mitigating and aggravating factors, and a contemnor is liable only where, having had notice of the order, he deliberately did a prohibited act (or failed to do a required one) with knowledge of the facts making it a breach, intention to flout the order going to penalty rather than liability.