United Kingdom contemptfreezing ordercommittal

Isbilen v Turk

[2024] EWHC 565 (Ch)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHigh Court of Justice (Chancery Division)

Year2024

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A respondent who seriously and deliberately fails to comply with the disclosure obligations attached to a freezing/proprietary injunction may be committed to prison for civil contempt where the breaches are proved to the criminal standard.

Area of Law

General

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